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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7116123 | Contact probe, probe socket, electrical characteristic measuring device, and method for pushing the contact probe against object to be measured A contact probe includes a probe tip and a damper. The probe tip includes a first barrel, a probe pin, and a first spring. The first barrel has a cavity with a bottom, an opening being disposed in a first end of the first barrel and the bottom being disposed at a se... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6875014 | Method for monitoring a combustion process, and corresponding device In a method for monitoring a combustion process, in which, in a oven, a substance arranged in a bed of the oven is converted under the supply of heat by way of firing by a flame, data of the flame and/or the substance in the bed being recorded by way of at least one... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6630991 | Thermal processing apparatus A method of detecting a temperature of an object in a multiple-reflection environment by a radiation pyrometer includes the steps of detecting a radiation strength emitted from a target region of an object, applying a correction to the radiation strength ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 5006061 | Method for bringing a plurality of steel slabs to rolling temperature in a furnace A method for bringing a plurality of steel slabs to rolling temperature uses a furnace having a controllable energy supply. To accommodate variation of slab temperature at entry, especially mixing of cold and hot slabs, at least one virtual slab correspon... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4889483 | Temperature controlled probe assembly A temperature controlled probe assembly (58) for measuring log temperatures in a furnace (10) for heating metal logs (20) includes a carriage (88) selectively movable by a pneumatically controlled air cylinder (64). The carriage (88) includes a barrel (92... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4681535 | Preheating mechanism for source metal for melt A preheating mechanism for preheating a source metal for melt includes a combination of independent combustion and preheating devices. The mechanism also includes a high-temperature gas conduit for connecting the combustion device and the preheating devic... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4501552 | Method for controlling furnace temperature In controlling furnace temperature, a desired temperature profile of a slab in a direction along its movement through a furnace is calculated by using an expression for total fuel flow as a function of slab temperature and minimizing the total fuel flow. ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4498861 | Method for controlling combustion in industrial furnaces A method for controlling combustion of atomized fuel in industrial furnaces, in which flame radiation and temperature distributions in a furnace are controlled into optimum conditions in terms of heat efficiency by adjusting a feed rate of an atomizing me... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4406399 | Method of controlling an enamelling oven Disclosed is a method of controlling an enamelling oven, in which a plurality of controlled variables such as temperatures: including a plurality of measured variables: are variable by any one of a plurality of manipulation variables such as the degrees of ope... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4363955 | Post-baking or heating tunnel-type oven, in particular for food products The invention relates to an oven for heating or post-baking various products, in particular bakery bread. The oven comprises a chamber open at both its ends, through which passes a conveyor constituted by a metal netting or lattice through which are passe... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4313723 | Apparatus for producing carbon black In a carbon black manufacturing process in which a carbon black dryer is utilized to produce a product carbon black having a specified dryness, method and apparatus is provided for controlling the flow of fuel to the carbon blackdryer so as to insure that... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4275569 | Internal cooling of heat exchanger tubes The present invention is an apparatus and method for cooling heat exchanger tubes at controlled conditions. The apparatus comprises a housing sealingly connected to each heat exchanger tube. There are water and air inlets to the housing. A means to genera... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4249893 | Internal cooling of heat exchanger tubes The present invention is an apparatus and method for cooling heat exchanger tubes at controlled conditions. The apparatus comprises a housing sealingly connected to each heat exchanger tube. There are water and air inlets to the housing. A means to genera... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4247284 | Internal cooling of heat exchanger tubes The present invention is an apparatus and method for cooling heat exchanger tubes at controlled conditions. The apparatus comprises a housing sealingly connected to each heat exchanger tube. There are water and air inlets to the housing. A means to genera... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4211088 | Internal cooling of heat exchanger tubes The present invention is an apparatus and method for cooling heat exchanger tubes at controlled conditions. The apparatus comprises a housing sealingly connected to each heat exchanger tube. There are water and air inlets to the housing. A means to genera... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4087238 | Method for enhancing the heating efficiency of continuous slab reheating furnaces Significant energy savings are achieved in the operation of reheat furnaces when the preheat zone temperatures are maintained as low as possible consistent with the demands of the hot strip mill. While the benefits of this invention may be realized throug... | 05/02/1978 |
| 3995989 | Split ring burner for weld preheat Burner means for maintaining a weld in a large metal member at a predetermined temperature for extended periods of time regardless of the position of the weld, including two independent burners, and two independent control arrangements for the two burners... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3967614 | Gas fired fusion furnace and fusion head assembly In an assembly of fusion furnace and fusion head for applying heat to plastic pieces to be fused, the furnace being fired with gaseous fuel fed through a conduit to a burner head in the furnace from a source of fuel, a temperature sensing probe projects i... | 07/06/1976 |
