Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20100147905 | Sliding Closure for a Metallurgical Vessel A sliding closure for a metallurgical vessel comprises an elongated refractory slide plate (2), which is exchangeably arranged in a metal frame (1) and the longitudinal direction (L) of which corresponds to the direction of displacement of the sliding clos... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100059554 | REFRACTORY NOZZLE A refractory nozzle assembly comprising a vessel operable to contain a molten metal and having at least one outlet. The assembly includes an inner assembly having an aperture extending therethrough and an outer assembly having an aperture extending therethrough. The inn... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100044402 | STOPPER FOR A METALLURGICAL MELTING POT The invention relates to a stopper for a metallurgical melting pot with. Stoppers of this type serve to control the discharge of a molten metal in the area of an outlet of an associated melting pot, for example, a tundish.... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100017027 | Arrangement for the Maintenance of a Sliding Closure Mounted on the Spout of a Container for Molten Metal The invention relates to an arrangement for the maintenance of a sliding closure (20) mounted on the spout of a container (10) for molten metal. Said arrangement comprises at least one tool magazine (65, 66), having at least one replacement part mag... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090166387 | Bottom Pour Ladle and Method of Transferring Liquid Metal with Same A bottom pour ladle device for transferring liquidus metal alloy from a crucible to a shot sleeve includes a bowl, snout, aperture, stopper, actuator, and stopper rod. The snout is disposed below the bowl and is configured to fit into the shot sleeve. A distal end of th... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20080169318 | Stopper Device for Controlling a Flow of Moten Metal A stopper device for controlling a flow of molten metal at an outlet opening of a metallurgical vessel, said device comprising: a) a rod like body (12) with a longitudinal axis (A) and made of a refractory ceramic material, b) an elongated bore hole (14) e... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20060261100 | Tundish stopper rod for continuous molten metal casting Stopper rods (22) for the continuous casting of molten metal have a stopper rod body (22-3), and a stopper rod tip (22-1) at a lower end of the stopper rod body. The stopper rod tip defines a frustoconically shaped exterior surface ( 11/23/2006 | |
| 20060249546 | Tundish stopper rod for continuous molten metal casting Stopper rods for the continuous casting of molten metal have a stopper rod body, and a stopper rod tip at a lower end of the stopper rod body. The stopper rod tip defines a frustroconically shaped exterior surface which terminates in a recessed nose. The recessed nose i... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20050155992 | Compliant fill tube assembly, fill tube therefor and method of use A fill tube assembly is for a casting mold. The fill tube assembly includes a fill tube having a tubular member with a receiving end, a mold-engaging end and an intermediate portion. The mold-engaging end has a tapered flange radially extending therefrom, the remainder ... | 07/21/2005 |
