Inventors:
Henry J. Venetta - Warren OH
International Classification:
F27D 312
Abstract:
This scrap metal preheat apparatus includes a conveyor made from deck plates which are of generally U-shape in vertical section, and an apertured or wire mesh metal support layer positioned on and conforming to the contour of the interior of the deck plate but spaced therefrom, which deck plate and support screen are of flattened U-shape in section, and supports for the deck plate, the apertured support layer being operatively secured to the supports and/or deck plate at the upper edge portions of the apertured support layer which overlap upper edges of the deck plate, and the apparatus includes support members for the support layer aiding in spacing it from the deck plate.