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| 7381383 | Treating apparatus, treating method and method of treating soil A treatment apparatus of the present invention includes a hermetic door 115b and a retort 115c as an interface for taking out a gaseous emission containing vaporized substances from an object to be treated which is being heated in a reduc... | 06/03/2008 |
| 6998097 | High pressure chemical vapor trapping system A high pressure trapping system is provided to collect chemical vapor by-products in successive stages through chemical reactions conducted at progressively colder temperatures. A hot trap receives chemical vapor exhaust and collects a first waste, typically a solid... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6838045 | Apparatus for metal purification A purification apparatus including a vertical stack of a feed heating zone having a feed crucible 1, a condensation zone having a plurality of condensation vapor passage plates 5, a solidification zone having a solidification crucible 2 and an e... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6533990 | Apparatus for distilling molten baths In the apparatus for distilling molten baths, substantially comprising a two-part vacuum tank (2), a melting crucible (5) disposed in the bottom housing part (3) of the vacuum tank and surrounded by a heating coil (4), a hat-shaped metal vapor condenser (... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6444164 | Apparatus for producing high-purity silver materials An apparatus for producing a high-purity silver material. The apparatus includes an electric furnace. The electric furnace has an outer cylinder which encloses an inner cylinder. The outer cylinder is capable of being evacuated with a vacuum pump. A recov... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6409790 | Method and apparatus for practicing carbonaceous-based metallurgy An energy efficient, coal-based method and apparatus that are environmentally friendly which produce under pressure metallized/carbon product and molten metal directly from abundant coal or other carbonaceous material, and low cost fines (or ore concentra... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6375893 | Method and apparatus for evaporating components of multiple substance mixtures and multiple substance systems For the evaporation of given components from initial multiple-substance mixtures and systems at subatmospheric pressure, individual portions (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) of the multiple-substance mixture and systems are placed in ring crucibles (17) stacked at se... | 04/23/2002 |
| 5891216 | Oven mercury retorting device A retorting device for mercury containing material, with an oven, mercury trap and condensers capable of operation at pressures from atmospheric pressure down to 50 Torr with simultaneous temperatures up to 1500° F. A dam within the mercury trap permits ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5698158 | Vacuum distillation apparatus for producing ultra high purity material Ultra high purity materials, particularly metallic materials such magnesium and similarly high volatility materials, are produced by a vacuum distillation method and apparatus to increase purity by approximately five hundred times in a single step. For ex... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5529605 | Method and apparatus for removing mercury from contaminated pipes and installation parts, in particular mercury introduced by natural gas Pipe lines for conducting natural gas become contaminated, over a period of time, by an accumulation of mercury, which occurs in minute amounts in natural gas. If used pipe is scrapped, for example by melting, mercury vapor escaping to the atmosphere pose... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5350438 | Method and apparatus for removing plated metal from steel sheet scraps Metal plated steel sheet scraps are heated to a temperature in the range of about 200° C.-500° C. so that organic material adhered to the scraps is evaporated and removed. Then, the scraps from which organic material has been removed are heated to a tem... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5324487 | Vacuum-suction degassing apparatus A melt is stored in a vessel. A lower half of a degassing member is immersed in the melt. The degassing member has a cylindrical form with the lower end closed, and the lower half section is made of a porous material which is permeable to gas and impermea... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5320666 | Low pressure contaminant extraction A process and apparatus for removing volatile contaminants from contaminated ore through exposure to a low pressure environment, thereby volatilizing the contaminants, after sufficient exposure to the low pressure environment, the decontaminated ore is re... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5306472 | Vacuum-suction degassing method and an apparatus therefor A melt is stored in a vessel placed in a decompression vessel. On the bottom of the vessel is arranged a bubble generator made of porous bricks, and bubbles of argon gas are introduced into the melt through this bubble generator. Also a lower half section... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5222547 | Intermediate pressure electron beam furnace In the representative embodiment described in the specification, an electron beam furnace has an evacuation system which maintains the interior of the furnace at a pressure in the range from about 50 microns Hg to 300 microns Hg. The relatively high press... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5131634 | Sublimer-reactor system with weighing means A sublimer-reactor system for reducing Group IVB metals with magnesium has a sublimer spaced from a reactor with a gas flow control valve in piping interconnecting them. A load cell weighs the feed in the sublimer and outputs a signal to the control valve... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5098069 | Equipment and regulating means for recovering metal-carbide scrap by alloying The invention concerns a method, equipment and a regulating means for use in recovering metal-carbide scrap by alloying. This is carried out by treating the scrap with a low melting point metal which brings the metal-carbide matrix into solution at temper... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5078789 | Continuous vacuum distillation and furnace therefor A vacuum distillation furnace and method for removing unreacted magnesium metal and magnesium chloride from a sponge refractory metal, such as zirconium, utilizes a vertically arranged series of mutually isolated distillation vessels in respective furnace... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5035404 | Retort assembly for kroll reductions A retort assembly comprises a retort defining a first chamber for containing zirconium tetrachloride. A crucible having a generally vertical sidewall defines a second chamber for containing magnesium and the reaction products. A vapor passageway extends f... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4888052 | Producing volatile metals Value metal belonging to Group IA or IIA of the Periodic Table is recovered from its ore or concentrate by mixing the latter, in finely divided form, with an excess of molten lixiviant reaction metal. This forms a mixture of an alloy of the value metal an... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4850575 | Apparatus for manufacturing a sintered body with high density An apparatus for manufacturing a sintered body with high density comprises: a table having an object to be processed laid thereon; a pressure vessel accommodating a heat element heating the object around and a heat-insulating mantle surrounding the heat e... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4842643 | Apparatus for, purifying a melt, which, besides one or more impurities, essentially contains a light metal, in particular aluminum Apparatus for purifying a melt which, besides one or more impurities to be volatilized, contains essentially a light metal, in particular aluminum. The apparatus comprises a vacuum processing vessel, a vacuum pump, one or more conduits for supplying the m... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4842254 | Apparatus for purifying lithium The invention relates to an apparatus for purifying lithium, formed by a sealed enclosure comprising a heated upper portion 1 provided with a container 9 in which the molten lithium 11 is agitated and from which the impurities evaporate, and a cooled lowe... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4708190 | Treating metals and/or metallic compounds Metals and/or metallic compounds are condensed from a vapor in a reaction vessel into a condenser, the condensate initially solidifying to block an outlet at the bottom of condenser; subsequent operation of heating stages from the top to the bottom of the... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4564174 | Device for the recovery of mercury This process enables the recovery of mercury from waste containing plastic material, e.g. batteries. The waste is slowly heated while an inert gas is being introduced in a vacuum for fractionating extraction of the products of the decomposition of the pla... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4508322 | Apparatus for preparing high melting point high toughness metals A hermetically closable and evacuable apparatus for preparing high melting point high toughness metals by reduction of a chloride of said metals comprising a heatable reaction chamber and a coolable condensation chamber provided above the reaction chamber... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4468011 | Device for the recovery of mercury This process enables the recovery of mercury from waste containing plastic material, e.g. batteries. The waste is slowly heated while an inert gas is being introduced in a vacuum for fractionating extraction of the products of the decomposition of the pla... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4447045 | Apparatus for preparing high-melting-point high-toughness metals In an apparatus for preparation of high-melting-point high-toughness metals by reduction of chlorides thereof with an active metal which comprises a heatable and tightly closable reaction chamber, an evacuable and coolable condensation chamber for separat... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4440384 | Retort pipe seal A retort pipe seal characterized by a retort and a crucible and passage means therebetween; a closure diaphragm for closing said means; means for heating the crucible; and rupture means for rupturing the closure diaphragm to enable a reactant in the retor... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4407488 | Distillation and sublimation apparatus comprising a condenser The invention relates to a distillation and sublimation apparatus having a receiving vessel and a number of containers for the starting product. Each container has a bottom, an outer wall and an inner wall with a vapor duct, and the containers are stacked... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4403769 | Vacuum separator In a vacuum separator for refractory metal from magnesium metal and magnesium chloride mixed therewith, comprising: a vertically elongated substantially cylindrical retort having, inside, a closed space, a lower section of which is capable of accommodatin... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4344793 | Mercury removal process and apparatus Disclosed herein is an apparatus and process for recovering mercury from a sludge which is discharged, for example, from a mercury-cell process for producing chlorine. In accordance with the invention the sludge is applied to a filter which washes away sa... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4254943 | Apparatus for removing mercury from solid waste material The invention provides apparatus and a process for removing mercury from solid waste material. The solid waste material is placed in a vacuum chamber. The chamber is heated above the vaporization temperature of mercury. A vacuum condition is formed and th... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4200264 | Apparatus for obtaining Mg and Ca through carbon reduction The invention provides methods and apparatus for the production of Mg and Ca through a carbon reduction of their oxides, wherein Mg (or Ca) and CO co-existing in the mixed gas produced from said carbon reduction are kept safe from their reaction into MgO ... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4146774 | Planar reactive evaporation apparatus for the deposition of compound semiconducting films An apparatus and method for epitaxial film formation is disclosed. Planar reactive evaporation techniques suitable for scaling are employed to produce high purity compound semiconducting films at relatively low temperatures.... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4105192 | Process and apparatus for producing zirconium sponge Apparatus and method for producing zirconium by reducing zirconium halides in the presence of a reducing agent and an inert gas. The zirconium halide is mostly reduced while being in the solid state. The apparatus permits successive reduction and vaccum d... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4077799 | Method and apparatus of refining crude cadmium A method of refining crude cadmium by vacuum distillation in which crude cadmium is passed into a reflux condenser in which higher boiling point impurities are condensed together with a portion of pure cadmium vapor, this condensate flowing in counterflow... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4045006 | Apparatus for continuous vacuum-refining of metals Apparatus for the continuous vacuum refining of a metal comprising a cylindrical vacuum chamber, containing a stack of a plurality of vertically superposed trays. The trays receive impure molten metal which flows downwardly from tray to tray while impurit... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4027861 | Apparatus for continuous vacuum-refining of metals The present invention relates to apparatus for continuous refining of tin. The apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber accommodating an evaporator which is a vessel with a granulated loose material filling the entire vessel volume to provide a maximum evaporating... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4010937 | Method and apparatus of refining crude cadmium A method of refining crude cadmium by vacuum distillation in which crude cadmium is passed into a reflux condenser in which higher boiling point impurities are condensed together with a portion of pure cadmium vapor, this condensate flowing in counterflow... | 03/08/1977 |
