The following definitions shall apply to this
rulemaking:
Bench: a platform running along both the coke and pusher sides
of a coke oven battery used to support machinery and coke oven workers.
Buckstays: vertical I-beams located on both ends of the walls
between coke ovens utilized to hold together coke oven brickwork.
Charge Port: an opening in a roof of a coke oven through which
coal is introduced.
Charge Port Lids: circular lids covering charge ports which are
removed when coal is charged to a coke oven.
Charging Operation: the introduction of coal into a coke oven,
beginning with the first introduction of coal into the oven and ending with the
replacement of the final charge port lid.
Chuck Door: a door located on a pushside door of a coke oven
which is opened to allow a leveler bar to enter a coke oven and level the coal
in the oven.
Coke Oven Battery: a series of jointly operated, slot-type coke
ovens, the operation of which results in destructive distillation of coal for
conversion to coke.
Coke Oven Door: vertical face of a coke oven between the bench,
the top of the battery, and two adjacent buckstays. The coke oven door
includes, but is not limited to, the door, chuck door, door seal, door jamb,
and refractory.
Dampered: condition of an oven ready to be pushed in which a
valve between the stand-pipe assembly and collecting main is closed.
Door Jamb: one piece cast iron frame with a machined face which
receives a coke oven door.
Door Seal: part of a coke oven door which contacts door jamb to
effect a gas tight seal.
Jumper Pipe: U-shaped pipe attached to the larry car at the
farthest charge port from the offtake piping which connects the charge port to
an adjacent oven.
Larry Car: a vehicle which transfers and introduces coal into a
coke oven.
Offtake Piping: a set of piping extending from the connection
on top of a coke oven to, and including, the connection of a gas collector
main. Also known as a gooseneck or standpipe.
Pusher: machine which pushes hot coke out of a coke
oven.
Quench car: vehicle into which hot coke is pushed from coke
oven.
Refractory: all of the brickwork in a coke oven battery.
Topside: the top of a coke oven battery including, but not
limited to, the charge ports and charge port lids.