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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204955 | Casting ladle A casting ladle has a body (2) with a base (3) and walls (4, 6, 8) made of a laminated composite ceramic material that includes multiple layers of a woven fiber reinforcing fabric embedded in a ceramic matrix. A rigid support element (20)... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7147823 | High temperature cooling system and method A method for cooling a heat source, a method for preventing chemical interaction between a vessel and a cooling composition therein, and a cooling system. The method for cooling employs a containment vessel with an oxidizable interior wall. The interior wall is oxid... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7025115 | Ladle for molten metal A method and apparatus for the quiescent-fill dip of a foundry ladle and the transportation of molten material from a crucible to a mold through a foundry pour basin. Advantages from this process include, among others, a design which minimizes or eliminates turbulen... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021361 | Molten metal feed apparatus of die casting machine, molten metal feed method, and ladle A molten metal feed apparatus of a die casting machine preventing shortening of the lifetime of a sleeve due to local heating of the sleeve, provided with a ladle having a receptacle for holding the molten metal and a conveyor system for conveying the ladle to a pre... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6929053 | Mold fill method and system A mold fill system for metal casting a mold, and associated method. The mold fill system comprises a horizontal primary runner defining a horizontal axis of rotation, a rotation mechanism for rotating the mold about the horizontal axis at an angular velocity, and a ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6855188 | Multichambered steelmaking apparatus and method of steelmaking The invention pertains to the art of ferrous metallurgy, and more particularly, to a multichambered steelmaking apparatus and to a method of steelmaking. A multichambered steelmaking apparatus contains smelting chambers communicating with each other through their up... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6818175 | System for producing steel The invention relates to a device for producing steel. The invention device comprises a container (1, 101, 201). The metal used is molten, blown and refined in said container which comprises an upper component (5, 205) having at least one opening, a lo... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6660219 | Method and device for emptying metallurgic melting vessels by tipping The invention relates to the emptying of melting vessels (1) by tipping. According to the invention, the melting vessel (1) is placed on column-shaped bases (6). During the tipping process, the melting vessel (1) is raised at the side and the base support... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6596221 | Metallurgical vessel having a tapping device and method for the controlled, slag-free extraction of molten metal from said vessel In a metallurgical vessel (1) having a tapping apparatus (5) for the slag-free withdrawal of liquid metal (3) from a molten metal bath (3) which is disposed in the vessel (1), a first leg (11) of a discharge duct (10) passes through the refractory vessel ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6576184 | Tilting tank for processing liquid metal and device for sealed connection with fixed chute A tank for liquid metal processing tilting about an axis and fed by a fixed chute and pouring the liquid metal into a fixed evacuating chute. The tank includes at least a passage hole for supplying, discharging, or emptying the liquid metal arranged in on... | 06/10/2003 |
| 5968230 | Method and furnace for disposal of steel-making waste, and operating method of the furnace A melting furnace for reforming steel-making slag so as to be available, for example, to roadbed ballast by mixing steel-making dust with the slag in molten states, which is provided with a fuel oxygen burner for melting the slag and the dust, a slag char... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5882578 | Tilting metallurgical unit comprising several vessels A metallurgical unit for smelting metal charge material and for post-treatment of the molten metal, which is tiltable from a starting position in a positive tilting direction (8) about a tilt axis (7), includes a melting vessel (1), with a furnace hearth ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5505435 | Slag control method and apparatus A method and apparatus are provided for controlling slag in a trough of a tilting furnace or in a free-standing tilting vessel. On a tilting furnace, the apparatus is mounted on a trough extending from the furnace tap hole and has a reservoir for receivin... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5492309 | Closed tiltable steelworks arc furnace with associated scrap charging assembly A steelworks apparatus includes a closed tiltable arc furnace for melting scrap and having a lower vessel part for containing the melt and an upper vessel part connected to an exhaust gas assembly and closed by a furnace roof. A sealable charging assembly... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5343492 | Closed induction furnace for the melting and casting of substances A crucible (9) surrounded by an induction coil (10) is housed for tilting about a first tilt axis within a gas-tight furnace chamber (2) which has a closable opening (40a) for transferring the melt (31) into a receiving vessel (36, 63). The furnace chambe... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5267259 | Induction crucible furnace with sonically uncoupled accessible furnace platform An induction crucible furnace with a tiltable furnace body includes a crucible that is usually covered by an accessible furnace platform. The furnace platform is sonically uncoupled from the furnace body in an untilted normal position, in order to reduce ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5222096 | Induction furnace for melting and casting purposes with an enclosed crucible pot An induction furnace (1) for melting and casting purposes has a closed crucible pot (2) with a pot bottom (3) and a cover (4), a crucible (6) housed in the crucible pot and surrounded by an induction coil (7), and an ascending tube (9) reaching into the c... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5173243 | Slag control method and apparatus Method and apparatus for controlling slag in a tilting furnace is provided. The apparatus comprises a discharge trough, lateral opening, dam, weir, discharge passage, discharge passage gate, and slag gate. The method comprises tilting the furnace to disch... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5032177 | Method and apparatus for the removal of slag from metallic melt bath in a melting furnace By means of an electromagnetic stirrer there is produced in the melt within the melt chamber of the melting furnace a turbulent flow or pair of turbulent flows working in opposite directions and each having a substantially vertical turbulent flow axis. By... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5011120 | Metal casting ladle A metal casting ladle utilized for pouring molten metal and having mounting blocks located on each side of a pour spout and used for independent and alternate attachments of the ladle to either a left mount or a right mount casting machine to permit pouri... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4895594 | Process for continuously melting scrap In a process for continuously melting scrap (6) and/or pig iron within a converter (1), the converter (1) is heated in proximity of the bottom (3) with sub-stoichiometric burners (4), having their flames (5) essentially radially directed into the interior... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4823263 | Apparatus for controlling the operation of tipping a melting crucible In automatic melting crucible tipping it is important that, starting from a certain angular position, the melting crucible (1) is tipped according to a predetermined model until emptying is complete. This model can be obtained, for example, by the so-call... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4679773 | Horizontal tapping furnace and method of operation The tapping passage of a metallurgical furnace is disposed generally horizontally in a lower region of the furnace wall structure below the upper level of the liquid metal; a closure member is pivotally movable relative to an outer end of the tapping pass... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4679205 | Tiltable metallurgical furnace vessel In a tiltable metallurgical furnace vessel having a completely closed lateral protrusion with a closable discharge opening on its underside, simplified furnace structure is achieved by configuring the protrusion as a removable, heatable fore-hearth that i... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4643404 | Tiltable metallurgical vessel arrangement A tiltable metallurgical vessel has a convexly curved bottom, and is supported on a cradle frame tiltably mounted on the base. In order to provide a metallurgical vessel of high operational safety in which the melt covers as short a path as possible durin... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4641319 | Method for quantitative discharge of molten material In a method of intermittently charging a molten principal raw material and any supplementary material as needed to provide a specified raw material formulation into a melting furnace and continuously discharging a molten material therefrom, the discharge ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4563146 | Apparatus for automatically fluxing and casting samples An apparatus includes a frame and a crucible having a central axis and a bottom. The crucible is supported and is moved so that the central axis of the crucible describes a substantially conical surface with an apex located substantially on the central ax... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4497658 | Compact precious metal furnace and recovery method A highly compact and efficient tilting crucible furnace and smelting method is disclosed for use in the direct smelting of a precious metal containing material. A furnace body having a refractory lined cavity which has a top opening is pivotally mounted o... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4444378 | Apparatus for separating slag from a molten metal Method and apparatus for separating iron or steel from slag by inductively pumping the iron or steel up an inclined trough away from the non-pumped slag.... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443004 | Device for the treatment of a stream of aluminum or magnesium-based liquid metal or alloy during its passage The invention relates to a device for the treatment of a stream of aluminum or magnesium-based liquid metal or alloy during its passage, comprising a ladle formed by an external metal casing, a refractory lining, a channel for the admission of the crude l... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4385751 | Apparatus for discontinuous charging of molten metal into a vacuum chamber A device for the discontinuous charging of molten metal into a vacuum chamber which is continuously held under vacuum includes a charging vessel or tundish on which is disposed a fixed transfer pipe so positioned that the tundish can be rotated about the ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4367865 | Method and apparatus for emptying bottle cars Method and apparatus for emptying bottle cars 22 of hot metal and slag. A rotatable bottle 24 is mounted to a railroad car for movement of molten iron between a blast furnace and a steel making facility such as a basic oxygen furnace or the like. To facil... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4345747 | Filling stand for pouring molten metal from a tiltable metallurgical vessel into a metallurgical ladle In a filling stand for pouring molten metal from a tiltable metallurgical vessel into a metallurgical ladle, the metallurgical ladle is surrounded by a casing to which at least one exhaust conduit is connected. In the casing upper part a pour-in opening f... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4324392 | Molten metal pouring device An improved apparatus for pouring molten metal into a mold or other cavity. The apparatus includes a tiltable pouring ladle having a pouring spout disposed coaxially with the axis of rotation or tilt of the ladle to permit pouring of metal in a direction ... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4215854 | Melt processing apparatus with tiltable melt receptacle A melt process apparatus having a melt receptacle held on the distal end of a cantilever supported beam. The support for the beam is elevatable and is pivotable about a vertical axis so that the receptacle can be raised, lowered, swung and tilted to facil... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4195822 | Car for transporting a ladle of hot metal and charging the metal to a furnace A car for transporting a ladle of hot metal and charging the metal to a furnace, commonly a BOP or Q-BOP used in steelmaking. The car includes a transversely movable trolley which carries a tiltable support for a ladle. Tilting of the ladle is independent... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4165865 | Crucible melting furnace A crucible furnace for high-temperature melting of metals or other materials which includes a capped vessel for serving as a crucible to hold a charge of material to be melted, a solid baffle surrounding and closely spaced from the vessel to form a restri... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4141540 | Hot metal ladle tilter A hot metal ladle tilter including a support stand having spaced-apart bearings, a ladle support frame pivotally mounted on the bearings for tilting about a tilt axis, the ladle support frame including two spaced-apart support members for readily receivin... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4138096 | Combined crucible, tundish and pouring spout A crucible, tundish, and pouring spout is formed as a single unit with the crucible portion being positioned in an induction furnace for providing sufficient heat to ingots placed in the crucible portion. An extension is positioned on top of the crucible ... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4138209 | Apparatus for automatically melting and casting fusible material An apparatus for casting a fusible material has a support on which is provided a row of melting burners and a parallel row of warming burners. A crucible holder on the support has a pair of bars forming a plurality of seats each above a respective one of ... | 02/06/1979 |
