PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING HORIZONTALLY TAMPED COAL CAKES

A process and device are disclosed for producing horizontally tamped coal cakes for coking in the oven chamber of a coking oven, the coal cakes being formed in a compression mould by stationary compression tools which work in the horizontal direction and with a stroke having a strictly limited length. The compression mould has a sliding stop wall which is moved away from the compression tools as the coal cake grows, under the effect of a suitable antagonistic braking force.