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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147746 | Apparatus for precipitation/separation of excess copper in lead-free solder An apparatus for depositing and separating excess copper dissolved in molten lead-free solder containing tin as the main element is provided. An apparatus 1 deposits excess copper in the molten lead-free solder as an intermetallic compound and separates it fr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7976772 | Filter A filter includes a crucible, a filtering container, and a receiving tank. The crucible has a heater for heating a pre-filtered object to comprise a primary material in liquid and at least one other material in solid. The filtering container has a body, a sieve, and... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7935302 | Automatic dross processing system An automatic dross processing system has a pivotably-mounted reaction vessel and a vertically movable motor and impeller. A microprocessor controls the operation of the motor and a series of actuators that move the motor vertically, move a probe that removes a plug ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7473394 | Separating vessel The invention provides a separating vessel (10) suitable for use in the treatment of a mineral sample wherein a molten slag (11) is separated from a molten collector material (12) comprising a container defining an interior cavity (13) fo... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7157042 | Dross compression apparatus including a cooling system for cooling the compression head and cooling method A dross compression apparatus and method includes one or more air nozzles for directing cooling air across the top of a compression head for cooling the compression head. The air may be vented through air vents in a wall of the apparatus after passing across the top... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6929676 | Apparatus and method for treating containerized feed materials in a liquid reactant metal A treatment apparatus (10) includes a liquid reactant metal containment vessel (11) for containing a first liquid reactant metal and isolating the reactant metal from the atmosphere. A release chamber (14) is adapted to receive the first liquid ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6669755 | Apparatus and method for treating containerized feed materials in a liquid reactant metal A treatment apparatus (10) includes a liquid reactant metal containment vessel (11) for containing a first liquid reactant metal and isolating the reactant metal from the atmosphere. A release chamber (14) is adapted to receive the first liquid reactant m... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6656415 | Process and device for precipitating compounds from zinc metal baths by means of a hollow rotary body that can be driven about an axis and is dipped into the molten zinc Process and device for precipitating solid compounds from zinc metal baths. Partial amounts of the metal phase containing these compounds are exposed to an acceleration higher than gravity and dissociated into fractions containing heavier or lighter compo... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6555050 | Dross processing system A dross processing system has a motor mounted to a motor support arm by a motor support carriage, and has a carriage guide which engages the motor support carriage to guide the motor along a vertical path between a raised position and a lowered position. ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6464929 | Dross processing system A dross processing system has a substantially vertical support positioned in close proximity to a furnace. A reaction vessel is mounted to the substantially vertical support by a reaction vessel support. The reaction vessel preferably has a substantially ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6235234 | Device and method for enhancing zinc yield from dross A device for removing dross from the surface of the molten metal and for extracting usable elemental metal from the dross. The device comprises a container in which the dross is collected, a means for lifting the container out of the molten bath of metal ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6228319 | Portable dross press with rising and dumping pot A portable dross pressing apparatus utilizes a frame which may be made portable by wheels, by forklift tubes or the like. A press head is mounted to an upper portion of the portable frame and a drive means is used to force a skim pot upwardly into juxtapo... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6228143 | Rotary thermal oxidizer for battery recycling and process A rotary thermal oxidizer removes polymeric and other non-metal components of exhausted batteries and cells leaving value-metals, such as cadmium, nickel, and iron behind for subsequent processing. By preheating the sweep gas to a temperature above the au... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6187257 | Dross removal on coating lines The invention presents an apparatus and method for dross removal from coating lines. The invention utilizes magnets to collect dross either in suspension or which has accumulated at or near the bottom of a coating pot. The invention utilizes the magnetic ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6136263 | Dross press with rocking press head A dross press including a press head and skim box and including a head system comprising pressing means for pressing the dross in said skim box, said press means including means for providing a rocking movement for said press head. Said means comprise two... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6096260 | Cooling system for dross pressing head using sand An improved cooling system for cooling the head of a dross press used in the recovery of non-ferrous metals from dross utilizes a controlled flow of cooling fluid (preferably water) through a cooling coil mounted in particulate matter having a high absorb... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6063330 | Press head and dross pot for dross processing system The dross pot comprises a generally conical vessel with a plurality of internal upstanding ribs which divide the dross pot into a plurality of segments and also provide a plurality of draining holes for molten metal.... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5997801 | Metal chip reclamation system An apparatus and method for reclaiming metal chips formed while machining metal castings to their finished shape. The apparatus includes a stationary charging tube extending in a generally perpendicular direction from the charge well of a reverbratory fur... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5980817 | Relating to press heads and dross pressing apparatus The design of the press head includes concave profile sides to enable a greater amount of aluminium dross to be trapped in a skim box as the press head descends. The end of the head forms a spike which can pass through a central hole in the skim box to cl... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5925165 | Process and apparatus for the 3-stage treatment of solid residues from refuse incineration plants In a method for processing solid residues from refuse incineration plants the slag is melted and heavy metals from the melt (16) are separated for reutilization. The slag is directly transferred from the refuse incineration plant into a first heating cham... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5906790 | Rotation system for press head An incremental rotational system for an aluminium dross processing head includes lever means actuated by the head as it rises to rotate the head by a defined amount, no independent drive system being required.... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5882580 | Dross presses In a dross press the skim box containing the dross is vibrated to subject the dross to a vibrating motion thereby extracting additional aluminium from the dross.... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5879617 | Apparatus for treating waste materials A method and apparatus for treating residual or waste materials that can be recycled energetically, especially light-weight refuse from shredders, which, reduced in size and classified, are stored in bunkers. The residual or waste material is fed by porti... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5811056 | Cooling system for press head A cooling system for an aluminum dross press head includes an air inlet means allowing air to be drawn into the press head and a hollow actuating rod connected to the press head which extracts air from the press bead.... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5785732 | process and apparatus for recovering Na from spent NaS cells A process for recovering Na from a spent NaS cell, includes the steps of forming an opening in a spent NaS cell, flowing down molten Na from an interior of the NaS cell through the opening in a heating oil vessel, passing the molten Na through a filter pl... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5736096 | Apparatus for purifying metal A metal purifying apparatus comprises a closed melting furnace equipped with a heater, molten metal holding crucible disposed within the furnace, a vertical hollow rotary shaft penetrating through a top wall of the furnace, a packing sealing off a clearan... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5724669 | Metal decontamination process and systems for accomplishing same The present invention provides for methods for on-line monitoring of a molten process phase to determine the extent of extraction of radioactive species from a waste metal contaminated with the radioactive species. The waste metal is mixed with an inorgan... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5705123 | Metal chip reclamation system An apparatus and method for reclaiming metal chips formed while machining metal castings to their finished shape. The apparatus includes a stationary charging tube extending in a generally perpendicular direction from the charge well of a reverbratory fur... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5700425 | Device for the pretreatment of electronic scrap A device for the pretreatment of electronic scrap, comprising a scroll cylinder (1) with a worm screw (2) inside it, endowed with inputs and outputs for thermal exchange fluid (13, 8) and electronic scrap to be treated (6, 14); a furnace comprising sucha ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5619934 | Waste car disposer A waste car disposer which includes a plurality of tunnel-like furnaces connected in series and separately controlled to heat waste cars at different temperatures so that plastic, rubber, glass, lead, zinc, nickel, copper, iron and steel parts of waste ca... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5451033 | Heat processing apparatus Apparatus for the continuous heat processing of scrap materials, particularly for decontaminating aluminum can scrap, has a rotary kiln defining a furnace chamber along which the material is fed and a hot gas circulation system including a duct leading th... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5441556 | Metal processing or recovery and apparatus Continuous melting of lightweight shredded metal, e.g., in the recycling of aluminum can scrap is achieved by feeding lightweight scrap portions into a melting chamber through which a heated gas stream flows upwardly at a temperature in excess of the meta... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5437705 | Device and process for the recovery of cadmium and nickel A process and device for recovering cadmium and nickel metals from Ni-Cd battery and processing scrap material containing nickel, cadmium, iron and other substances are disclosed. The process includes depositing the scrap material in a furnace and adding ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5382002 | Apparatus for heat treating a particulate material An apparatus for heat treating particulate material containing a combustible contaminant. The particulate material is fed into the upstream end of a rotary drum and is conveyed toward the downstream end of the drum. A fixed first tubular member is dispose... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5305990 | Metallurgical furnace vacuum slag removal A process and apparatus carries out the direct removal of slag floating on the molten metal within a metallurgical furnace via vacuum suction-tube which is inserted from above through a furnace discharge opening. The tube discharge is connected into an ev... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5282607 | Stripping apparatus of metal film from metallized plastic film A stripping apparatus for stripping metal film from a metallized plastic film is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a rod is utilized for providing an anode or cathode charge, with the rod movable in a direction perpendicular to the... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5221512 | Apparatus for preheating and removing organic materials from scrap iron This method of preheating scrap iron mixed with plastic, rubber and resinous, i.e. organic, materials and intended for electric furnaces, in particular electric arc furnaces, is characterized by transforming the plastic, rubbery or resinous and like mater... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5217673 | Arrangement for the removal of an embedding body from the embedded component A process and an arrangement are disclosed for the removal of a low-melting embedding body from a higher-melting embedded component. A groove is provided along a molding-in base of the component and by means of the widening of the groove via heatable elem... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5211744 | Method and means for improving molten metal furnace charging efficiency Utilization of metal chips, especially scrap metal chips, particularly brass and aluminum, by introduction of the metal chips into a pool of molten metal of which they are formed or an alloy thereof, with minimization of fuel cost, heat loss, and minimal ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5196154 | Apparatus for the treatment of metal-laminated plastics scrap An apparatus for the treatment of metal-laminated plastics scrap and/or radio, television or computer scrap, wherein the scrap is heated in a closed container to a temperature at which the metal-plastic bond is broken and the metal and plastics parts are ... | 03/23/1993 |
