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Class 73/864.58 - With sample conditioner


Subclass of Class 73 - Measuring and testing
Definition: Subject matter having means for altering the condition of
No. of patents: 40
Last issue date: 12/05/2000


NumberTitleIssue Date
6155122Additive for molten metal sampler
A sampling cavity for sampling molten metals includes a cavity body for receiving a measured sample of a molten metal, and, an insert containing a material for promoting carbide formation in the molten metal as it cools, the insert being in the form of an...
12/05/2000
5979253Sampling device for molten metals
A sampling device for molten metals, especially for molten cast iron or pig iron, has a sampling chamber arranged in a refractory body mounted on a carrier. The sampling chamber is bounded on two opposing walls by one metal plate each, and has at least on...
11/09/1999
5614682Sampling device for molten metals
A sampling device for molten metals with a sample chamber arranged in a paperboard tube has an inflow canal leading through the paperboard tube, the canal being formed essentially of a heat-resistant inflow tube, such that the outer end of the inflow tube...
03/25/1997
5524497Additive for molten metal sampler
A sampling cavity for sampling molten metals includes a cavity body for receiving a measured sample of a molten metal, and, an insert containing a material for promoting carbide formation in the molten metal as it cools, the insert being in the form of an...
06/11/1996
5448923Scored metal slag covers for molten sampler intake portals
A chill mold sampler for molten metal, capable of taking pin samples or flat disc samples or both, has one or more high melting point quartz glass intake tubes, each with a portal end closed by a thin metal slag cover cemented in place, blocking the entry...
09/12/1995
5447080Additive for molten metal sampler
A sampling cavity for sampling molten metals includes a cavity body for receiving a measured sample of a molten metal, and, an insert containing a material for promoting carbide formation in the molten metal as it cools, the insert being in the form of an...
09/05/1995
5305815Method and apparatus for predicting microstructure of cast iron
A method and apparatus for predicting nodularity of a hypo or hyper eutectic cast iron melt during casting is described. The method is particularly useful for NiMg-treated melts but can also be used for rare earth treated melts. A small sample of the melt...
04/26/1994
5187991Device for withdrawing samples from molten metals
Two metallic half dishes are fitted together to form a sample container arranged in the hollow space of a carrying tube. The sample container serves to withdraw samples from molten metals. The hollow space surrounding the sample container is filled with g...
02/23/1993
5033320Device for determining phase transitions using a sample of molten metal
A device to determine phase transitions by means of thermal analysis using a sample taken from molten metal comprises an expendable measuring probe with a solidification chamber into which the molten metal flows, whereby the solidification chamber contain...
07/23/1991
5014561Method and apparatus for obtaining accurate sample
Method and sampling apparatus for obtaining accurate carbon samples in ultra-low carbon melts includes a capping system for the fill tube which uses Pyrex or low carbon steel caps, preheating or preigniting parts to burn off contaminants and a zircon coat...
05/14/1991
4875380Corrugated jacket for molten metal sampler
Disclosed herein is a molten metal sampler with a wrap of corrugated board with flutes which provide vertical channels for conveying and outgasing the gas caused by reaction of the body of a molten metal sampler or immersion thermocouple in the molten met...
10/24/1989
4842418Two temperature measuring probe
A device for measuring both the phase change temperature of a sample of a molten metal bath and the actual bath temperature by means of a single thermocouple. The device having a chamber defined by a housing such that the housing will be consumed by the m...
06/27/1989
4699014Molten metal sampler with sand cast mold part
Disclosed herein is a molten metal sampler made from cast mold halves which are preassembled in a paperboard sleeve which is filled with sand-resin mix, which is then baked. The sampler is provided with windows on one sample cavity which are provided with...
10/13/1987
4603590Method of and vessel for removing samples from a bath of molten metal
A sample from a bath of killed molten steel which contains aluminum is removed with a vessel having a cover which undergoes at least partial disintegration on contact with molten metal and allows molten metal to fill the vessel as soon as the latter is lo...
08/05/1986
4570496Molten metal sampler with tellurium additive
A tellurium insert for a molten metal sampling cup for determining the carbon content of iron is pre-cast or cast insitu and arranged around a centrally located heat sensor tube which positively positions the insert in the sample cup....
02/18/1986
4569237Method of sampling molten metal
Molten metal is sampled by immersing a lance into a bath. The lance includes a chamber having a deoxidant. Two sets of lances are disclosed with the amount of deoxidant being different in each set. One set of lances is used during in-blow operation and th...
02/11/1986
4503716Molten metal sampler
A molten metal sampler has a mold which forms a sampler with a disc portion for spectrographic analysis with a thinner skirt for punching pellets for combustion analysis. The skirt is positioned beneath the disc to afford floatation of impurities into the...
03/12/1985
4499777Molten metal samplers
Highly effective insulated samplers, submerged through floating slag on a body of molten metal, successfully extract, chill and withdraw pin samples and disc samples of specific, predetermined shapes and sizes with high reliability. Deoxidant materials ar...
02/19/1985
4453424Molten metal sampler
A portable elongated sampler assembly for molten metals incorporates a long, open-ended heat-insulated lance tube carrying, removably telescoped in its open distal end and protruding therefrom, a hollow cylindrical chill mold tube sampler, and a longitudi...
06/12/1984
4428245Apparatus for sampling molten metal
A vacuum sampling container of a refractory material which comprises a small diameter cylindrical section and a large diameter cylindrical section coaxially connected in mutual communication and is evacuated and sealed, the free end of said small diameter...
01/31/1984
4317380Device for obtaining a sample of molten material and methods of assembling components thereof
The invention involves providing a device for sampling a molten material and comprises, among other things, a unique holder or support means which serves to support and hold assembled therein a pair of mating sections which cooperate to define a chamber o...
03/02/1982
4261740Apparatus for analyzing nodular or vermicular cast iron samples
A sample of nodular or vermicular cast iron has magnesium and/or cerium atoms therein neutralized by the addition of selenium or sulphur in the presence of tellurium....
04/14/1981
4170139Sampling device for analysis of molten metal for hydrogen
A sampling device for a quantitative determination of hydrogen in molten metal, which includes a material in which hydrogen is relatively non-diffusible during testing or readily soluble during sampling and a refractory vessel housing this material. This ...
10/09/1979
4148221Apparatus for sampling molten metal
A ceramic body has an inlet duct, a mixing chamber for mixing the sampled steel with a steel killing agent; an outlet duct beginning next to the inlet duct port in the lower half of the mixing chamber, leads to a sampling chamber for a pin-shaped sample a...
04/10/1979
4137774Sampling mould
Sampling mould for drawing samples of molten material from pools of molten materials, e.g. steel samples, and consisting of two parts of which at least one is provided with a recess which forms a specimen, said two parts being located and fastened to each...
02/06/1979
4125024Molten metal sampling device
A device for sampling heats of molten metal includes a mold cavity which has an inlet which may be in the form of a tube projecting outwardly therefrom with the open end of the tube being closed and sealed prior to the sampling step by a metallic cap whic...
11/14/1978
4118988Bottom fill sampling apparatus
The specification and drawings disclose an apparatus for taking samples of molten metal. The preferred embodiment comprises a housing enclosing a body defining a material flow path and a sample chamber. The material flow path and chamber are configured su...
10/10/1978
4116070Molten metal sampler with refractory mold halves
A molten metal sampler includes a three-part refractory sample cartridge carried in a paperboard sleeve. The cartridge includes an open ended refractory mixing chamber which in one embodiment has a side entry port which receives molten metal from a side p...
09/26/1978
4112772Device and method for obtaining a sample of liquid
Molten metal sampling devices and methods in which a pair of mold halves, held together with a spring clip provide a sample having a generally large portion with a stem and a pair of smaller laterally offset smaller portions joined to the larger portion b...
09/12/1978
4089223Device and method of obtaining a sample of liquid
The invention involves providing a unique device and method of obtaining a sample of liquid, such as molten metal, preferably from a stream thereof. The device embodies wall structure forming a chamber and an entrance passage or tubular formation having a...
05/16/1978
4084441Device for obtaining a sample of molten material and deoxidizing element for use therewith
The invention involves a device for obtaining a sample of molten material, and a particular form of a means for deoxidizing or conditioning this material. The deoxidizer is in the form of a generally tubular element which can be deformed for insertion int...
04/18/1978
4067242Molten metal sampling device and method
Molten metal sampling device for and method of sampling molten unkilled metal, especially steel, to produce a sound, non-porous, solidified test sample suitable for analysis in which metallic germanium is present in the sampling device in a quantity suffi...
01/10/1978
4059996Molten metal sample cup containing blob for promoting carbide formation
A molten metal sample cup is provided with temperature sensing means to detect phase change in the metal within the cup as a metal sample solidifies. A blob of material which promotes the formation carbides is attached to the inside of the cup to contact ...
11/29/1977
4046016Molten steel samplers
Immersion samplers for taking disc samples and pin samples, from heats of molten steel, alloys or other metal in basic oxygen furnaces, electric furnaces and open-hearth furnaces, are provided with slotted riser vent tubes serving to retard the escape of ...
09/06/1977
4037478Device for collecting samples of molten metal
The entrance on a sampling device for molten metal is defined in part by a tube made from a deoxidizing agent such as aluminum. The tube melts as a sample of molten bath passes therethrough to a collecting chamber so that all portions of the sample are de...
07/26/1977
4010649Molten metal samplers with flow diverter
A sampler for taking a sample of molten metal from any source of molten metal includes a mold having a mold cavity with a fill passage and a flow diverter located within the mold cavity which causes turbulent flow of the molten metal as it enters the mold...
03/08/1977
4007640Sampling apparatus
The specification and drawings disclose an embodiment of an apparatus for taking samples from a flowing stream of molten metal. The apparatus comprises a container defining a sample mold cavity having a flat mold sample chamber and a pin sample chamber th...
02/15/1977
4002072Device and method of obtaining a sample of liquid
The invention involves providing a unique device and method of obtaining a sample of liquid, such as molten metal, preferably from a stream thereof. The device embodies improvements with respect to structural characteristics and dimensional factors with r...
01/11/1977
3996803Molten metal sampling apparatus
Molten metal sampling apparatus includes a permanent chill mold having opposed mold halves with recesses which define a sample cavity. The permanent mold is protected in use by a disposable housing and fill tube assembly made of paperboard which snugly re...
12/14/1976
3950992Immersion sampler for molten metal
An immersion molten metal sampling device of a type usable to obtain a sample of molten steel from a furnace and to measure the temperature of the molten metal in the furnace. The device includes a high density monolithic ceramic mold capable of obtaining...
04/20/1976
 
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