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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043086 | Method and device for cooling or quenching slabs and sheets with water in a cooling pond The invention concerns a method for cooling or quenching slabs and sheets (2) with water in a cooling pond (1, 14) wherein the slabs and the sheets (2), previously set upright by a tilting device (18), are lowered and temporarily maintain... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7319505 | Exposure apparatus and device fabrication method In order to improve a responsiveness of the radiation cooling and to switch a cooling position, an exposure apparatus for exposing an object includes a cooling mechanism for radiation-cooling the object, and a regulator for regulating a radiant heat transfer amount ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 6514073 | Resist processing method and resist processing apparatus A resist processing method includes (a), to a substrate having a circuit pattern with an uneven surface formed thereon, coating a photoresist solution to, by doing so, form a photoresist film, (b) subjecting the substrate to heat processing to cause a por... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6394793 | Method and apparatus of cooling heat-treated work pieces A method and apparatus for cooling heat-treated metallic work pieces, particularly jet engine components that are normally round in shape, have a complex radial cross-section, and are subject to subsequent machining steps, includes a set of concentric air... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6068720 | Method of manufacturing insulating glass units A method of manufacturing insulating glass units is disclosed that comprises delivering a succession of high temperature insulating glass units from an oven and a press, moving successive IGUs along a travel path with the major surfaces of each IGU extend... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6039236 | Reflow soldering apparatus with improved cooling A reflow soldering apparatus includes a plurality of heating compartments connected in series for heating objects for soldering; transporting means for successively carrying the objects through the compartments; and at least first and second cooling compa... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5897309 | Sequential step belt furnace with individual concentric cooling elements This invention relates generally to a belt type furnace. More specifically, this invention relates to a belt type furnace that sequentially stops the belt at the vicinity of at least one cooling unit, and where the cooling unit comprises at least two cool... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5775891 | Grate cooler for combustion material and process for its operation In a grate cooler, the unstable state which is attributable to an unusually strong accumulation of the combustion material is prevented by the fact that the waste air from the cooler, which is to be fed as secondary air to the kiln, is injected with water... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5601427 | Waste melting furnace and a method of melting wastes A furnace body is partly or thoroughly made of a metal material. An inner peripheral face of the metal material portion is covered by a lining. Spray means for cooling the lining of a relatively thin portion via the metal material portion of the furnace b... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5458485 | Method for cooling ceramics, especially ceramic tiles produced in roller kilns, and the relative plant An apparatus for cooling hot ceramic articles from above and below with steam and water.... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5421723 | Sequential step belt furnace with individual concentric cooling elements This invention relates generally to a belt type furnace. More specifically, this invention relates to a belt type furnace that sequentially stops the belt at the vicinity of at least one cooling unit, and where the cooling unit comprises at least two cool... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5288227 | Method for cooling ceramics, especially ceramic tiles produced in roller kilns, and the relative plant The method involves passing the ceramics through water, by means of immersion and/or in jets, and/or sprayed, and/or nebulized, and/or in the form of steam. The plant includes a cooling booth (CR) which may be divided into one or more stations: with spray... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5269370 | Thermal cycling device A thermal cycling apparatus having an upper heat chamber and a lower cold chamber positioned vertically beneath the upper heat chamber and vertically coaxial therewith whereby a material to the thermal cycle tested can be transferred between the upper hea... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5257511 | Split water box nozzle with removable inserts A water box is used to cool hot rolled products in a rolling mill. The water box includes a base structure supporting a removable manifold, and a plurality of nozzles removably mounted on and in fluid communication with the manifold. The nozzles are lined... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5118287 | Treatment of petroleum cokes to inhibit coke puffing A process for treating high sulfur petroleum coke to inhibit puffing is disclosed wherein particles of the petroleum coke are contacted with a compound containing an alkali or alkaline earth metal selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, c... | 06/02/1992 |
| 4947929 | Apparatus for carbon pulp reactivation A heat exchanger for heating fluid particulate material comprising a heating chamber, heating means associated with the heating chamber, a hopper mounted above the heating chamber, a delivery chamber located below the heating chamber, a set of flow passag... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4846717 | Continuous method and apparatus for the thermal treatment of metallic workpieces Continuous thermal treatment for the strengthening of metallic workpieces is carried out by placing a batch of at least two workpieces on a basket hinged on a continuously advancing conveyor chain; introducing said workpieces in said basket through a firs... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4767462 | Method and apparatus for cooling and for further treatment of hot white cement clinker In the cooling and further treatment of hot white cement clinker wherein the cooling must be protected against exposure to oxygen so that it retains its white color, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that the hot white cement clinker departi... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4573908 | Method and apparatus for producing white cement clinker According to the present invention, white cement clinker particles are not burned in a rotary kiln and the burned clinker particles are not immersed in the water to be cooled. White cement clinker raw materials are burned in a fluidized bed burning furnac... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4443955 | Method and installation for cooling hot bulk material Method and apparatus for cooling hot bulk material, such as red-hot coke, sinter, or clinker, and, in particular, for relieving a gas stream flowing through the hot bulk material to cool the same includes continuously charging hot bulk material into a coo... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4444556 | Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus for hot elongated work is formed by a tubular or generally cylindrical cluster of longitudinally extending tubes having interspaced discharge means and surrounding the work so that when the tubes are supplied with cooling fluid the wor... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4431406 | Rotary hearth furnace plant The rotary hearth furnace plant for heating granular high-carbon solids comprises an approximately funnel-shaped hearth, which rotates on a vertical axis and has a central outlet, which is disposed over a rotary table, on which the heated solids are moved... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4376528 | Steel pipe hardening apparatus An apparatus for hardening a steel pipe by quenching it with cooling water, comprises a cylindrical assembly including a casing and a cover, said casing being removably mated with said cover so that said cylindrical assembly may be selectively opened or c... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4375998 | Method and apparatus for cooling metal strip wound into coils Coils of metal strip are cooled by being placed on porous supports with the coil axes vertical. Water is introduced into the coil interiors and most of the water overflows the coil tops and thereby cools the coil tops and peripheries. A small proportion o... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4343607 | Spray system for breakdown hoist At the breakdown hoist located in a timber processing operation, between a direct-fired ash-producing combustor for generating the heated gas stream for kilning a pile of lumber and the feed for a downstream operation such as planing, at which hoist the k... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4276021 | Method of recovering heat from hot granular solids A continuous process for heating a fluid by recovering heat from a heated, pumpable aqueous slurry of granular material wherein the slurry is passed through an indirect heat exchanger to heat the fluid and then passed to a second indirect heat exchanger t... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4268246 | Method and apparatus for metal object heat treatment Apparatus comprising a metal shell enclosing a spaced adapted to be heated, low heat retention, thermal shock resistant insulation on one substantially entire surface of the metal shell, a heater to heat the space enclosed by the metal shell, a vent for h... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4236699 | Apparatus for wet-post treatment of metallized iron ore An apparatus and process for treatment of metallized iron ore produced by direct reduction techniques principally for use in various iron and steelmaking furnaces. The apparatus and process receives the product from a direct reduction facility consisting ... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4171948 | Slag handling apparatus This apparatus provides a slag handling system wherein slag is transported directly from a cupola furnace to a tank of water. The bottom of the tank slopes upwardly from a lower end to an upper end, and the tank forms part of a vibratory conveyor. The wat... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4100034 | Quenching method A column of hot, particulate char from a shaft furnace is moistened with quench water as it moves downwardly into a vessel which it fills and forms a pile. The material in the pile is shifted from a central core at the base of the column to a zone which s... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4044951 | Spray tubing within a rotating drum supported independently of the drum A detachable mounting and support arrangement for the stationary spray tube which extends through a rotary drum. A tension cable extends through the spray tube and is anchored exteriorly of the drum and spray tube at each end of the drum.... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4009992 | Installation and method for manufacturing cement The specification describes an installation for producing cement in which a mixture of limestone and clay minerals is ground to raw flour and the raw flour is calcined in a rotary kiln with the supply of heat and is kilned to form clinker. Downstream from... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3960203 | Fluidized bed cooler In the process of beneficiating ilmenite ore by the chloride method the improvement wherein the beneficiate is cooled without oxidation hot finely divided particles comprising using the principle of film boiling to effect volatilization of a non-oxidizing... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3942942 | Rotary tubular furnace A rotary tubular furnace is provided at its outlet end with a satellite cooler comprising a plurality of cooling tubes uniformly spaced around the end portion of said tubular furnace and/or a tubular extension thereof, and each of said cooling tubes is pr... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3940241 | Rotary kiln plant A rotary kiln plant for calcining and sintering mineral materials such as cement raw materials, comprising a separate unit for preheating and at least partially calcining the raw materials, a rotary kiln for sintering the preheated and calcined raw materi... | 02/24/1976 |
