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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381364 | Gas jet cooling device A gas jet cooling device in a continuous annealing furnace is equipped with: windboxes disposed in a cooling chamber on both sides of a steel strip, blowing a cooling gas toward the strip through nozzles to cool it; and a means of cooling the gas introduced from the... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7000433 | Device for heating plates of glass A device for heating plates of glass (3) which are hardened or deformed, includes two ceramic heating plates (1) between which a plate of glass (3) is arranged. Compensation plates (20) are associated with the heating plates (1) at... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6913659 | Rapid cooling device for steel band in continuous annealing equipment The present invention provides a cooling apparatus having sufficient cooling ability in the cooling process of a continuous annealing facility and capable of minimizing the strip temperature difference in the width direction caused by the high speed blowing of the g... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6871694 | Device for in-line treatment of rolled metal products A device for treating rolled metal products obtained by continuous casting, such as bars, plates, structural shapes or the like, arranged in line with a rolling system, and comprising a cooling plate (9), an in-line cooling box (13), in-line pickling m... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6655395 | Method and device for scouring and cleaning rolled steel strip A device for pickling or cleaning rolled steel strip which is moved in the form of loops through several pickling and cleaning containers arranged within a treatment line, wherein at least one strip side is subjected tot he action of a pickling or cleanin... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6505483 | Glass transportation system A pressure pad array is used to float glass sheets from a glass heating furnace to a ring mold in a press bending station. The pressure pads have transversely spaced, longitudinally-extending slotted nozzles angled towards one another to provide a static ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6464927 | Method and apparatus for in-line heat treatment of hot rolled stock Apparatus for the rolling and heat treatment of elongated metal product of relatively small cross section, such as rods and bars, is described in which the elements required for the conduct of a variety of heat treatments are arranged in in-line dispositi... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6413470 | Device for guiding bands in a suspended manner The invention relates to a device for guiding bands in a suspended manner and for stabilizing bands, preferably wide metal bands, for the purpose of heat treating the same. In the device, the band is blown on both sides with the aid of suspended nozzle se... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6358465 | Device for exchanging heat with a flat product A device for exchanging heat with a flat product moving in front of the device that includes a device for placing at least one plenum chamber under gaseous pressure, the plenum chamber having on a front face several blades forming a duct for the ejection ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6126891 | System for high rate cooling furnace for metal strips Rapid-cooling oven, forming part of a plant comprising various treatment stations, especially stations for the heat treatment of products in strip form, through which a metal strip runs continuously, the rapid cooling being obtained by spraying onto the s... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5885523 | Device for continuously annealing continuously formed metallic goods A device for continuously heat-treating continuously cast or formed metallic goods, particularly wire and the like. The device comprises a first annealing path in which the continuously formed metallic goods are guided by means of two contact rollers. The... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5871686 | Device for cooling a rolled product A device for cooling a rolled product such as a steel strip moving in front of the device includes a box filled with a pressurized gas. The box comprises a plurality of fins forming pipes, each fin including at least one gas outlet orifice directed toward... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5871596 | Apparatus and method for cooling hot rolled steel rod A laying head forms hot rolled steel rod into a continuous series of rings. The rings are received on a conveyor for transport in an overlapping pattern through at least one cooling zone. The ring density of the overlapping pattern is greater along edge r... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5776258 | Flat-rolled steel strip continuous cleansing methods In-line flat-rolled steel cleansing and finishing methods and apparatus are disclosed which enable flat-rolled steel, as supplied with surface areas contaminated with iron fines and other debris from gauge reduction operations, to be continuously processe... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5700424 | System for preparing aluminum alloy strip having improved formability and bake hardenability A system for heat treating a rolled strip of Al--Mg--Si alloy includes a primary heating zone for solution treating the strip at 480° C. or higher, a first cooling zone for cooling the strip at a rate of at least 100° C./min. to 100° C. or lower, a sec... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5639418 | Strip floater furnace with closed loop recirculation A strip floater, heat treat furnace is provided with a plenum housing defining a plenum chamber which is positioned within a refractory lined furnace enclosure. The plenum chamber contains i) a fan housing holding a recirculation fan, ii) a header and pre... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5616295 | Floating furnace In the furnace a plurality of floaters are arranged in series in a direction in which the metal strip is transferred. The strip is fed through the furnace, floated by these floaters. A test floater is installed along the strip transfer pathway. The height... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5472528 | Heat-treatment method for metal strips Method of continuous heat-treatment of metal strips, wherein the strip which is to be heat-treated passes through a furnace which is thermally isolated and in a protective atmosphere, consisting of heating, holding and cooling sections; the said strip is ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5458485 | Method for cooling ceramics, especially ceramic tiles produced in roller kilns, and the relative plant An apparatus for cooling hot ceramic articles from above and below with steam and water.... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5433420 | Device for the heat treatment of at least one metal wire with heat-transfer plates A device (100) for the heat treatment of at least one metal wire (1), chaterized by passing the wire (1) within at least one pair of thermal transfer plates (2, 2a, 2b) between two grooves (8, 8a, 8b) made in the two plates (2, 2a, 2b) of each of said pa... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5431755 | Method of and arrangement for thermal treatment of continuously moving metal bands During thermal treatment of continuously moving metal bands more heat is supplied over a part of a treatment path to edge regions of the band per surface unit than to the center region of the band. This prevents formation of a wavy shape in the edge regio... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5360202 | Blackening Treating furnace for treating stainless steel strip surface A blackening treating furnace includes a soot generation burner for blowing an incomplete combustion flame toward a surface of a cold-rolled stainless steel strip moving continuously through the furnace. A pair of secondary air nozzles installed at positi... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5360203 | Floatation pressure pad for metal strips A pressure pad comprises a plenum chamber, adapted to be conneceted to a pressurized-fluid supply means, having a pair of parallel slit nozzles formed in a top wall, and the chamber is arranged underneath a path of a strip. The plenum chamber is provided ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5320329 | Pressure pad for stably floating thin strip An improved pressure pad is provided for stably floating thin metal strip while heat treating the strip. The pressure pad includes an oval pad housing which is slitted adjacent the strip. An elliptical plenum chamber is disposed within the pad housing wit... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5299783 | Rod cooling apparatus Rod cooling system for use in a rod rolling mill having a laying reel and a conveyor onto an entry portion of which the rod is deposited in overlapping offset rings, entry portion receiving substantial amounts of cooling air for rapid cooling of the rod, ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5182074 | Apparatus for continuously cooling metal strip An apparatus for continuously cooling a metal strip, which comprises: at least one cooling roll, which is freely rotatable and in contact with a metal strip continuously travelling in the longitudinal direction thereof, for continuously cooling the metal ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5121902 | Apparatus for cooling hot rolled steel rod using a plurality of air and water cooled sections A conveyor defines a path along which hot rolled steel rod is transported in the form of overlapping mutually offset rings. Air nozzles are arranged beneath the conveyor path to direct air upwardly against the rings from underlying plenum chambers fed by ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5094702 | Menu driven heat treatment control of thin walled bodies A process for controlling the heating of a thin-walled body according to a predetermined temperature program by means of electrically controllable heaters, comprising: disposing the heaters adjacent one surface of the body such that each heater is in faci... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5009396 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of formable steel strip In the manufacture of formable steel strip having a thickness between 0.5 and 1.5 mm, the following process steps are performed sequentially in a continuous process: (a) in a continuous casting machine forming liquid steel into a hot slab having a thickne... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4989840 | Controlling high humidity atmospheres in furnace main body The humidity of the atmosphere of a heat-treating furnace is controlled by the use of superheated steam, which is generated by the use of a furnace-heated humidifier to which water is fed through a capillary tube. A secondary gas flow passes through the h... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4983227 | Process and apparatus for heat-treating carbon steel wires to obtain a fine pearlitic structure Carbon steel wire, which has been maintained at a temperature above the Ac3 ransformation temperature, is heat-treated to obtain a fine pearlitic structure by passing it through a tube containing a gas practically without forced ventilation and surrounded ... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4964621 | Apparatus for heat treating a carbon steel wire A process for heat treating a carbon steel wire to obtain a fine pearlite structure is characterized by the following steps: (a) cooling the wire until the wire reaches a given temperature which is below the AC1 transformation temperature; (b) ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4860999 | Device for heat-treating, in particular annealing, a continuously advanced metal wire In a device for heat-treating, in particular annealing, a continuously advanced metal wire, a heating chamber (1) which is substantially closed on all sides and whose wall has entry and exit openings (9) for the wire (8), which is wound in a multiplicity ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4760995 | Continuously treating line for steel bands having a heating furnace by directly flaming This invention relates to a continuously treating line for a steel band, having a heating furnace by directly flaming. For heating the steel band with causing reduction, the heating furnace of directly flaming system is provided with a plurality of heatin... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4750715 | Apparatus for cooling steel belt A steel belt cooling apparatus is provided on both sides of a running steel belt. Each cooling apparatus has a gas cushion type nozzle essentially consisting of two slit nozzles which extend in the lateral direction of the steel belt with each nozzle head... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4704167 | Method and apparatus for cooling steel strip In a cooling zone of a continuous annealing line engineered to continuously process longitudinally travelling steel strip, the strip is first slowly cooled to a desired temperature at a rate of not higher than 20° C./sec. by means of a jet stream of cool... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4625431 | Strip cooling apparatus for continuous annealing furnace A strip cooling apparatus for a continuous annealing furnace for continuously treating longitudinally fed steel strip has a pair of cooling gas chambers attached to the furnace walls on both sides of the strip so that the front of each chamber faces the s... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4600181 | Gas cooling and recirculating device in continuous strip furnaces A "jet cooler" device for cooling and recirculating the gas forming the protective atmosphere in the cooling chambers of the furnaces for the continuous annealing of steel strips, comprises vertically arranged boxes (4) which extend in the furnace interio... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4546957 | Apparatus for combined hot rolling and treating steel rod Apparatus is provided whereby maximum options for the treatment of steel rod in direct sequence with rolling are available within a single piece of equipment, all on a single treatment line, and all at convenient, labor free, push-button control. Maximum ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4448401 | Apparatus for combined hot rolling and treating steel rod Apparatus is provided whereby maximum options for the treatment of steel rod in direct sequence with rolling are available within a single piece of equipment, all on a single treatment line, and all at convenient, labor free, push-button control. Maximum ... | 05/15/1984 |
