US 11,852,338 B2
Tile assembly for a waterwall panel
Brian J. Zampell, Newburyport, MA (US); and Lee Rollins, Jr., Wells, ME (US)
Assigned to ZAMPELL REFRACTORIES, INC., Newburyport, MA (US)
Filed by Zampell Refractories, Inc., Newburyport, MA (US)
Filed on May 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/313,377.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/021,302, filed on May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0348758 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. F23M 5/02 (2006.01); F27D 1/12 (2006.01); F22B 37/10 (2006.01); F27D 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC F23M 5/02 (2013.01) [F22B 37/108 (2013.01); F27D 1/12 (2013.01); F27D 2009/0032 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tile assembly adapted for connection to a waterwall panel, the tile assembly comprising:
(a) a refractory tile having a length, the refractory tile comprising a planar front surface and a non-planar rear surface, the non-planar rear surface including a center longitudinal rail, the center longitudinal rail including a dovetail pin that projects out from a longitudinal rib that extends the length of the refractory tile, wherein at least one lateral groove is formed in the longitudinal rib, the dovetail pin having a length that is less than the length of the longitudinal rib, the dovetail pin including a pair of opposing sidewalls, each of the pair of opposing sidewalls having an inwardly beveled cut; and
(b) a metallic anchor, the metallic anchor comprising a center member from which protrudes a pair of opposing side members, each of the pair of opposing side members comprising,
(i) an inner segment that flairs outward from the center member, and
(ii) an outer segment contiguous from the inner segment, the outer segment projecting inward in relation to the inner segment;
(c) wherein the metallic anchor is mounted on the dovetail pin of the refractory tile, the metallic anchor and the dovetail pin together forming a dovetail joint.