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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 5478056 | Support for foundry ladels for a continuous casting A support device (1) for foundry ladles (13, 14) for a continuous casting plant has a stationary fixed base and a rotary base (4) mounted rotatably with respect to the fixed base and rotatable by means of a rotary drive, on which rotary base at least one ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 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 |
| 4700929 | Mounting a metallurgical vessel A metallurgical vessel is usually mounted in a annulus or the like by means of which the vessel can be tilted; however occasionally the vessel has to be removed from the annulus; accordingly a plurality of tension means are articulated by means of spheric... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4660809 | Tiltable vessel A tilt mount for a metallurgical vessel having a carrier ring with tilt pins mounted and journaled in stationary bearings for tilting the vessel about a horizontal axis; there being means effective in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the vessel for... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4387884 | Structure of oxygen passage in steel converter vessel supporting trunnion A structure of the oxygen passage in a steel converter supporting trunnion comprises a hollow chamber provided where a trunnion shaft projects from a trunnion ring. In the hollow chamber is inserted a hermetic manifold, to which a horizontal pipe communic... | 06/14/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4049249 | Tiltable converter A tiltable-converter supporting mechanism with drawing hooks which engage with bearing bushing bolting pieces and are actuated by pressure medium cylinder means has self-locking bracing means holding the engaging drawing hooks in a locked position.... | 09/20/1977 |
