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Assignee: Metaullics Systems Co., L.P.


Location: Solon, OH
No. of patents: 23

NumberTitleIssue Date
6887425Shaft and post assemblies for molten metal apparatus
An apparatus for moving a stream of molten metal comprising a pumping member, a housing at least partially enclosing the pumping member, a power device seated on a support, and a shaft connecting the power device and the pumping member. At least one post is disposed...
05/03/2005
6843640Pump for molten materials with suspended solids
A molten material pump includes an impeller housed within a base member of the pump. A plurality of grooves are defined in a peripheral sidewall of the impeller for either drawing a molten material into the base member's chamber or pushing molten material out of the...
01/18/2005
6551060Pump for molten materials with suspended solids
A molten material pump includes an impeller housed within a base member of the pump. A plurality of grooves are defined in a peripheral sidewall of the impeller for either drawing a molten material into the base member's chamber or pushing molten material...
04/22/2003
6464458Molten metal impeller
An impeller for a molten metal pump having a cylindrical body comprised of a refractory material. The cylindrical body includes generally coplanar top and bottom surfaces. A central bore is provided in the top surface to provide a point for mating with a ...
10/15/2002
6451247Shaft and post assemblies for molten metal apparatus
An apparatus for moving a stream of molten metal comprising a pumping member, a housing at least partially enclosing the pumping member, a power device seated on a support, a shaft connecting the power device and the pumping member. At least one post is d...
09/17/2002
6358467Universal coupling
A coupling mechanism for a molten metal processing system includes an elongated shaft having an upper axial end and a lower axial end. A passage having a torque facilitating shape extends through at least a portion of the shaft. The upper end of the shaft...
03/19/2002
6254340Molten metal impeller
An impeller for a molten metal pump having a cylindrical body comprised of a refractory material. The cylindrical body includes generally coplanar top and bottom surfaces. A central bore is provided in the top surface to provide a point for mating with a ...
07/03/2001
6250881Molten metal shaft and impeller bearing assembly
A molten metal impeller having a base portion including a circumferential notch. The notch having a generally radial wall and a generally axial wall, at least one of the radial or axial walls including a plurality of grooves. A ceramic bearing ring is cem...
06/26/2001
6231639Modular filter for molten metal
A filter cartridge for a molten metal filtering system is provided with a modular construction in which the filter elements are adapted to be removably mounted to an end plate. The filter elements may be removed separately from the filter and replaced wit...
05/15/2001
6217823Metal scrap submergence system
A metal scrap submergence device comprising an open top chamber including walls of a heat resistant material, an inlet positioned in a side wall of the chamber, an outlet positioned in the base of said chamber, and a ramp adjacent said side wall of the ch...
04/17/2001
6074455Aluminum scrap melting process and apparatus
A method of melting metal scrap in a molten melting media, the method comprising (a) providing a source of molten melting media in a furnace, the melting media in the furnace having a first surface level; (b) providing a first melting bay in fluid communi...
06/13/2000
6036745Molten metal charge well
In a charge well for adding scrap metal pieces or particles to a molten metal bath, a stationary diverter is provided within a charge well for diverting the circular flow of molten metal, caused by the orientation of the inlet port, in a downward directio...
03/14/2000
5993728Gas injection pump
An apparatus for treating molten aluminum or zinc having a housing providing a chamber for containing a molten metal. The chamber including an inlet opening and an outlet passage. A rotatable impeller disposed within the chamber for drawing molten metal i...
11/30/1999
5947705Molten metal transfer pump
A molten metal pump for transferring molten metal from a first vessel to a second vessel. The pump is constructed of a base member including a pumping chamber, a motor supported by at least one post, a rotatable shaft secured at a first end to said motor ...
09/07/1999
5785494Molten metal impeller
An impeller for a molten metal pump having a cylindrical body comprised of a refractory material. The cylindrical body includes generally coplanar top and bottom surfaces. A central bore is provided in the top surface to provide a point for mating with a ...
07/28/1998
5741422Molten metal filter cartridge
A molten metal filter medium comprised of at least two opposed wedge-shaped plates having at least one hollow generally oblong member comprised of porous ceramic material attached at a first end to one of the plates and at a second end to the second plate...
04/21/1998
5685701Bearing arrangement for molten aluminum pumps
A molten aluminum pump comprised of an impeller attached to a vertical rotary shaft, the shaft forming a connecting portion between a motor and the impeller and being comprised of a refractory material without a radial bearing surface. The impeller is hou...
11/11/1997
5634770Molten metal pump with vaned impeller
An elongated shaft suited to a molten metal environment which forms a connection between a rotor and an impeller. The shaft being formed with at least one end, in cross-section, having a plurality of rounded side portions with a relatively large radius an...
06/03/1997
5586863Molten metal pump with vaned impeller
A molten metal pump having an elongated shaft with an impeller disposed adjacent the end of the shaft and a means for rotating the shaft. The impeller is formed with an imperforate substantially circular base surrounded by a bearing and has a surface faci...
12/24/1996
5558505Molten metal pump support post and apparatus for removing it from a base
A post for a molten metal pump having an end joined to a hole in a pump base. The post end includes a longitudinal bore opening at the end of the post and a port opening to the side of the post intersecting the bore. A plug is inserted into the bore above...
09/24/1996
5470201Molten metal pump with vaned impeller
A molten metal pump including a vaned impeller having a larger outlet area than inlet area which demonstrates prolonged high effectiveness and reduces the likelihood of catastrophic failure....
11/28/1995
5369063Molten metal filter medium and method for making same
A porous ceramic body of high structural strength and integrity is disclosed, along with the method of fabricating such, whereby a curable resin and a sinterable ceramic are mixed and then admixed to removable pore formers, then consolidated into a green ...
11/29/1994
5310412Melting metal particles and dispersing gas and additives with vaned impeller
Metal particles are melted by mixing them with molten metal contained in a bath. A shaft-supported, rotatable impeller is immersed into the molten metal and rotated so as to establish a vortex-like flow of molten metal. Metal particles are deposited onto ...
05/10/1994
 
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