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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7871560 | Metallurgical vessel with fixing system A metallurgical vessel having support brackets mounted on a vessel wall. The support brackets are mounted by a mounting system on a support body that does not completely surround the circumference of the vessel. The mounting system includes clamps that act on the su... | 01/18/2011 |
| 6544471 | Method and apparatus for producing high chromium content steels and/or ferroalloys in an electric arc converter An apparatus for producing steels with predominantly high Cr content and/or ferro-alloys, wherein the metal charge is melted in a melting crucible, is alloyed, refined and reduced, and wherein process gases are simultaneously supplied through bottom nozzl... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6299829 | Device for immobilizing an element of a kinematic system A device for immobilizing an element (1) of a kinematic system comprising a member (11) having on its periphery upstanding parts and recessed parts of complementary profile to upstanding and recessed parts of the element to be immobilized and mounted at t... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6290901 | Converter A converter including a tiltable body, a mantle ring spaced from the converter body, supportable in support lugs and having a rectangular cross-section with upper and lower flanges, and lamella suspensions and body guides for connecting the mantle ring wi... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6228320 | Tiltable converter A converter is provided having a converter vessel carried on a trunnion ring by a mounting system. The mounting system has six mounting elements including a plurality of mounting elements incorporating pendulum rods and one mounting element incorporating ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5738823 | Meltdown apparatus To improve operation, particularly to allow more universal use, in which both liquid and solid crude metal, especially iron can be refined in only one reactor vessel, a reactor vessel (1) is of converter-like design with a relatively large space above a m... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5452881 | Crucible for an analyzer An inexpensive crucible capable of obtaining a high analytical accuracy is provided. A circular projection is formed in a portion above a portion having an intermediate height on an inner circumferential surface of the graphite crucible to prevent contami... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5364079 | Tiltable converter A tiltable converter arrangement is disclosed in which a converter vessel is supported by a carrying ring surrounding and spaced from the converter. The carrying ring includes two diametrically oppositely arranged carrying trunnions. The converter is supp... | 11/15/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5143683 | Protective shield having heat conductive properties A shield comprising a refractory material resistant to pentration by a continuous stream of molten steel and a retaining means to hold the refractory material contiguous to a heat absorption surface.... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5003835 | Torque support for drives riding on trunnions, particularly for converter tilt drives A torque support for drives riding on trunnions, in particular for converter tilt drives, including a gear housing mounted on the trunnion which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, a drive motor attached by a flange or bolting to a step-down gearing w... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4946141 | Metal processing converter The invention relates to a converter comprising a vessel (1) resting on two supports (2) by means of two rotational bearing members (3) located diametrically opposite to each other and centered on the same tilting axis (15). According to the invention, th... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4817919 | Device for casting, particularly converter for casting and/or post-treating molten metal A casting device in particular a converter for pouring and/or treating of molten metal is provided with a tilting mechanism. A tilting arm with two turn- or tilting axles at least is provided for. A guiding segment allied to the tilting arm show--accordin... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4799651 | Device for introducing separated fluids through independent flow paths through bottom tuyeres in a rotating metallurgical converter A mechanism and flow conduits for introducing and transporting a set of separated fluids and a stream of solid fines through passageway in a rotating metallurgical converter for introducing such fluids and solid fines into a liquid metal contained in the ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4606531 | Rotary joint apparatus for introducing and transporting several independent fluids and solid fines into a metallurgical converter This invention relates to a rotary joint for introducing a plurality of different separated fluids from a first static system, to a second system that is rotating with respect to the first, namely for passing fluids and solid fines carried in fluids into ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4516757 | Tiltable metallurgical converter having material carrying lines A tiltable metallurgical vessel is rotatable about pivot pins which are supported in bearings. At least one of the pivot pins is hollow so that a material carrying conduit can pass through the pivot pin desired materials from a remote source to a desired ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4478102 | Tilt drive for metallurgical vessels A tilt drive is provided for a metallurgical vessel which is mounted on a large sprocket wheel driven by two or more reduction gears. The reduction gears are joined by a torque equalizing apparatus which transmits torque from the pinion of one gear to the... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4436291 | Metallurgical vessel suspension system A molten metal processing vessel is supported on a trunnion support by a plurality of upper and lower link members each having a pair of legs. One pair of link member legs are coupled to and are disposed between three hinge members affixed to the vessel. ... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4406666 | Device for the gasification of carbon by means of a molten metal bath A device for the gasification of carbon containing material to obtain the continuous production of gas, essentially a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, by using the molten metal bath process is provided. The carbon material, oxidizing agents, and s... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4344608 | Tilt drive coupling for steel making converter A crucible of a converter is mounted to a pair of supports and releasably coupled to a tilt drive. Secured to each of the supports is a bearing assembly within which a crucible trunnion is journalled. A slidable coupling shaft interconnects an internally ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4325540 | Apparatus for supplying fluids to a converter An apparatus for supplying fluids to a converter has a rotary joint coupled to a trunnion shaft, one end of the rotary joint being connected to fluid supply pipes and the other end to fluid conduits communicating with tuyeres at the bottom of the converte... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4280688 | Tiltable converter arrangement A tiltable converter vessel is supported on a carrying body arranged about its shell by means of lug pairs accommodating bearing forces, the lugs of each lug pair being arranged opposite each other on both sides of the carrying body. At least one lug of e... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4275871 | Metallurgical vessel and supporting means A metallurgical vessel has upper and lower brackets which engage a trunnion ring for support along inclined surfaces whose total vertical angle has a tangent equal to the growth of the vessel radially in the region of its said brackets to the elongation o... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4265136 | Torque support arrangement In a torque support arrangement for a gear mounted so as to be movable about a pivot axis, wherein the gear is supported against the base on both sides of the pivot axis by an elastic supporting arrangement, the supporting arrangement includes a pressure-... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4239190 | Structure for collecting exhaust gases from a converter A hood-like chamber over a converter vessel for refining pig iron, affords the collection of exhaust gases from the vessel and the direction of the gases into an exhaust gas line. The chamber is formed by a top wall containing an opening into the exhaust ... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4224836 | Tilting drive arrangement for a converter A tilting drive arrangement for a converter has a spur gear wheel fastened to a tilting trunnion of the converter and engaging with at least two pinions driven by a common motor. At least one shaft is provided for a common rotation of the pinions. The pin... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4218049 | Metallurgical vessel A metallurgical vessel has releasably coupled, semicylindrical upper and lower sections arranged such that the axis of revolution of one section lies in a plane normal relative to the rotational axis of the other. The dimension of each section in the axia... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4215852 | Apparatus for locking a converter tilting gear during a blasting operation The invention refers to an apparatus for locking a converter tilting gear during a blasting operation, which apparatus is provided with a supplementary gear arrangement to facilitate counterrotation of pinions arranged in pairs versus the pivot pin gear w... | 08/05/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4192491 | Rotatable or tiltable metallurgical vessel A rotatable or tiltable metallurgical vessel, in particular a pig iron mixer, is mounted in a fixed bearing and an expansion bearing. A toothed element is arranged on the vessel jacket between the two bearings and a driven counter-element engages the toot... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4177975 | Exhaust hood apparatus with tilting furnace The exhaust hood above a metallurgical furnace, where the furnace has an open top and is supported to move in a vertical arc beneath the hood from an upright position to tilt in one direction to a charging position and in the other direction to a tapping ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4175050 | Shaped washing agents having a mosaic-like structure and process A shaped washing agent based on colored soaps and/or synthetic detergents comprising a plurality of individual colored particles of soap and/or synthetic detergent having a size range of 1 to 20 millimeters, so distributed that they adjoin one another wit... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4138097 | Metallurgical vessel A metallurgical vessel, particularly for use as a converter, includes a receptacle tiltably mounted on supporting journals fitted into bushings. Media for treating the contents of the receptacle and/or for cooling the outside walls of the receptacle is fe... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4138166 | Slide-articulation bearing, in particular for tiltable converters A slide-articulation bearing, in particular for tiltable converters, with an inner race placed on a shaft, an outer race inserted in a bearing housing, and sliding elements inserted between the inner and outer races so as to permit a relative movement of ... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4136857 | Method and apparatus for automatically controlling the rate of flux injection to a converter Flux is injected into the oxygen stream being fed to the tuyeres of a steel-refining converter, such as a Q-BOP converter or the like, and the rate of injection is controlled by varying the size of the outlet orifice of the flux-containing tank. The tank ... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4124200 | Converter for refining liquid metals, with heating and blowing in means A converter for refining a liquid metal bath using simultaneous heating and blowing in comprises a metal vessel internally lined with refractory material, having an upwardly open mouth and having a generally cylindrofrustoconical shape which is a body of ... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4106758 | Converters for refining metals A converter for the refinement of liquid metal comprising a generally cylindrical body having closed ends and an opening in the circumference thereof, the body being arranged with its axis horizontal and being rotatable thereabout, a refractory arch with ... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4098497 | Medium-conduit-system to be used in tiltable-metallurgical-vessel-arrangement A medium-conduit-system for use in a tiltable-metallurgical-vessel-arrangement of the type including a carrying ring for the vessel, tilting trunnions on the carrying ring and base-supported bearings for the tilting trunnions, wherein at least one of ... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4093192 | Tilting drive arrangement for a converter A tilting drive arrangement for a converter comprises a gear arranged on a tilting trunnion, a torque support for supporting the gear on the base, and a measuring device for measuring the tilting moment, which measuring device is arranged in the torque su... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4092053 | Bearing arrangement for a tilting trunnion of a metallurgical vessel A bearing arrangement for a tilting trunnion of a metallurgical vessel, in particular a converter in a steel making plant, has an inner race, an outer race, bearing bodies arranged therebetween, and at least one sensor device with a sensor pin. The sensor... | 05/30/1978 |
