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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5214264 | Plasma torch front electrode An enlarged and generally cup-shaped front section of the central passageway of the main body of the electrode has a rearwardly and inwardly sloping wall that extends at an angle within the range of approximately twenty to forty degrees relative to a plan... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5204508 | Method and apparatus for enhancing the quality of cast billets A method and apparatus is disclosed for removing chevron cracks from the corner edges of a steel billet as it advances in a hot condition from a continuous casting operation. The apparatus includes a framework which mounts four plasma arc torches which ar... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5182073 | Apparatus for surface treating metal billets An apparatus for eliminating chevron cracks or other imperfections in the surface of elongate billets as billets pass vertically downwardly through a heating chamber, including a plurality of plasma arc torches. The heating chamber contains a billet mold ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5143000 | Refuse converting apparatus using a plasma torch Mixed refuse containing organic and inorganic material forms a column-like mass within a furnace chamber. The column of material is heated by a plasma torch having a forward plasma-emitting end disposed within the lower portion of the column and surrounde... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5030273 | Furnace-plasma arc torch-supervisory control system for recovery of free aluminum from aluminum dross An assembly for the recovery of aluminum metal from aluminum dross comprising a rotary furnace, a plasma arc torch, and a supervisory control system for tying together and automatically controlling the operation of the rotary furnace and plasma arc torch ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4997476 | Recovery of free aluminum from aluminum dross using plasma energy without use of a salt flux A process for recovering free aluminum and aluminum compounds such as aluminum oxide from aluminum dross in a rotary furnace heated with a plasma arc torch wherein air is preferably utilized as the arc gas is described. The use of the rotary furnace heate... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4918282 | Method and apparatus for heating molten steel utilizing a plasma arc torch A method and apparatus for heating molten steel in a steel making operation is disclosed, and which includes a refractory lined vessel having an open top, a removable cover adapted to overlie the top, and at least one plasma arc torch mounted so as to ext... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4877448 | Process for recovery of free aluminum from aluminum dross or aluminum scrap using plasma energy A process for recovering free aluminum and aluminum compounds such as aluminum oxide from aluminum dross and aluminum scrap in a furnace heated with a plasma arc torch wherein air is utilized as the arc gas is described. The use of air as the arc gas prov... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4734551 | Method and apparatus for heating molten steel utilizing a plasma arc torch A method and apparatus for heating molten steel in a steel making operation is disclosed, and which includes a refractory lined vessel having an open top, a removable cover adapted to overlie the top, and at least one plasma arc torch mounted so as to ext... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4718477 | Apparatus and method for processing reactive metals An apparatus and method is disclosed which is adapted to consolidate and melt reactive metallic materials, and to produce a "first ingot" which is suitable for subsequent evaluation and qualification under existing specifications for such materials in the... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4694464 | Plasma arc heating apparatus and method An apparatus and method for heating a metallic melt with plasma torches is disclosed which is characterized by its ability to reduce the amount of contamination that is introduced into the metallic melt during the heating process. The apparatus and method... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4678888 | Power circuit apparatus for starting and operating plasma arc An apparatus for starting and maintaining a plasma arc is disclosed, which comprises a plasma arc torch composed of a rear electrode and a front tubular member, with the tubular member acting as a collimator in transfer arc operation or as an electrode in... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4654076 | Apparatus and method for treating metallic fines As apparatus and method is disclosed which is adapted to melt metallic fines, and which is useful for processing metallic fines into a useful form. The apparatus may also be used in the smelting of metallic oxides, and in combining metals in an alloying p... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4625092 | Plasma arc bulk air heating apparatus A plasma arc heating apparatus is disclosed which is adapted for heating large quantities of air for commercial and industrial uses, and which comprises a housing including an elongate heating chamber, a tubular front electrode mounted at one end of the h... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4587397 | Plasma arc torch A plasma arc torch is disclosed which comprises front and rear coaxially aligned electrodes, and vortex generator for generating a vortical flow of gas, such as air, between the two electrodes. A power supply system is operatively connected to the two ele... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4559439 | Field convertible plasma generator and its method of operation A plasma arc torch is disclosed which has the ability to be configured for operation in either the transfer arc mode or the non-transfer arc mode. The torch includes a rear housing section which mounts a rear electrode, a gas vortex generator, and releasa... | 12/17/1985 |
