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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7310917 | Hinged frame spreader A hinged spreader board of a pre-set length with shaped ends is pivoted open inside a frame to mate with the inside faces of the sides of a frame and maintain the sides apart by the length of the board while attaching the frame to a wall. Additional hinged sections ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 5155954 | Device for temporary retention of a lifting element on a metal surface of a form during the concrete pouring and setting phases of a prefabricated concrete member A device for temporary retention of a lifting element on a metal surface of a form during the concrete pouring and setting phases of a prefabricated concrete member includes a part which is designed to form a depression in a concrete section and is equipp... | 10/20/1992 |
| 4546952 | Ingot mold with hot top board assembly A disposable hot top board includes a compressible seal positioned along the outer surface of the board to form a seal between the bottom of the board and the mold wall. In a preferred form, the disposable hot top board comprises an insulating or exotherm... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4464821 | Method of attaching insulation to a mold Novel method and means for securely attaching a liner of insulation boarding to the mold cap of a two-piece ingot mold, in order that the ingot mold will be capable of producing substantially void-free ingots.... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4440575 | Granular insulation product and process for its preparation The granular insulation product is intended more particularly for the insulation, protection or processing of metal baths during their manufacture or transport. The product comprises a solid phase having a certain mineral matter content and an organic bin... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4431158 | Controlled rotation self-inverting hot top casing A hot top casing for cooperation with an ingot mold body is provided having a depending portion from which a pair of trunnions extend away from the casing and a second pair of trunnions extend toward said casing whereby each of said pairs are displaced ve... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4354658 | Hot top construction A hot top consists of a number of sheets of insulating fibrous material. The principally vertical walls of the hot top consist of a number of sheets located close to and joined to one another. When the hot top is placed in an ingot mould, these sheets cov... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4261750 | Improved exothermic anti-piping composition An exothermic anti-piping composition of the type which is formed of a refractory heat-insulating material, an exothermic compound, and an expanding media, and wherein the expanding media is predominantly either vermiculite ore or perlite ore along with l... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4244552 | Corner wedging consumable hot top A corner wedging consumable hot top for ingot molds is formed of four side board sections and four corner wedges made of a combustible consumable material capable of being wedged in opposed relation within an ingot mold so that the hot top formed thereby ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4228986 | Attachment for anchoring a safety belt An attachment for use in anchoring a safety belt on a vertically extending supporting member such as a frame member of a concrete wall form side includes a plate-like bracket member and a connecting member extending outwardly from one face of the bracket ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4210307 | Pre-fixing hanger for insulating side board A device and method for temporarily supporting a metallurgical side board in a predetermined position against a vertical surface of an ingot mold, comprising an attachment member, adapted for releasable attachment to a side board, connected to a counterba... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4131262 | Device for retaining hot top lining slabs This invention relates to an end cap to be fitted to an end edge of a hot top lining slab to receive a wedge member whereby in use the slab can be urged against the wall of an ingot mould, the end cap comprising a first portion to abut an end edge of the ... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4119468 | Particulate metallurgical hot topping compositions and method of use Preparation of particulate metallurgical hot topping compositions that react in situ to form a protective cover over the exposed surface of as-cast ingots. The compositions consist essentially of 9 to 33 percent by weight of oxidizing constituents, 40 to ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4081168 | Hot top lining slabs and sleeves Flexible hot topping liners having improved properties comprise refractory, deformable, self-supporting, fibrous liners which have, in their dry condition, flexibility, restitution and droop characteristics within certain defined ranges. In the preferred ... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4078296 | Hot top lining set and method of assembling Ingot mould lining slabs have one or more apertures in their metal contacting face. Hooks are engaged in these and used to lift the slab from a stack and hang it in position in an ingot mould. The slab is then fixed to the mould wall, for example by naili... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4046187 | Process of manufacturing killed steel ingots of superior quality A process of manufacturing killed steel ingots of superior quality by forming the sound hot top portion and reducing the concentration of nonmetallic inclusion in the mushy zone of ingot bottom, characterized by arranging on the molten steel surface immed... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4014704 | Insulating refractory fiber composition and articles for use in casting ferrous metals An insulating composition useful for riser sleeves, hot tops, ladle liners, and the like articles for use in casting of molten ferrous metal is described. The composition comprises 30% to 50% refractory fiber, 1% to 35% granular silicon carbide, inorganic... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4006880 | Side board securing device A hot top assembly for an ingot mould includes a number of side boards which line the walls of the mould, leaving at each corner of the mould a gap which tapers downwardly in width between the edges of two of the side boards, each of these gaps receiving ... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3991970 | Retainer clip for securing a hot top A retainer clip is formed from elongated rod or wire as a continuous L-shaped member having a pair of arms substantially at right angles to one another. Each arm has a resilient loop formed by bending the end portion of the arm through at least one comple... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3975200 | Moulding for the heat retention of feeder head in casting molten metals A moulding for the heat retention of feeder head top surface in casting molten metals is based on a mixture consisting of charcoal and a binder, and said charcoal is laminated with directional properties in the lateral direction. If circumstances require,... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3972502 | Adjustable sideboard suspension means The adjustable suspension system for suspending the hot top sideboard in an ingot mold comprises a bent hanger rod having one end positioned within the sideboard and adapted to be frictionally slidable along its vertical axis for vertical adjustment. The ... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3966167 | Sideboard construction This invention provides a novel sideboard construction, which includes at least one hanger rod of which a portion is embedded in the material of the sideboard, the sideboard also having a plate member equipped with a non-circular opening through which the... | 06/29/1976 |
