Skimmer apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7939012
SERIAL NO

12111404

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An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides an apparatus and a method for skimming slag from molten metal including a base, wherein the base pivots around an axis, a mast mounted on the base, a carriage including wheels and the wheels engage the plurality of posts, an outer beam disposed perpendicular to the mast and within an inner space of the carriage, and including walls defining a slot and powered wheels, an inner beam disposed movably within the slot of the outer beam and in frictional contact with the powered wheels, and rams including one end mounted on the other beam and the other end mounted on one of the base or the mast. This configuration provides at least four degrees of freedom to the apparatus in order to skim the slag from the molten metal.

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OPTA (USA) INC407 PARKSIDE DRIVE PO BOX 260 WATERDOWN L0R 2H0

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Waitlevertch, Joseph R Butler, US 5 21

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