Metallurgical apparatus inventions

20080230965 - Handling device for elements of tapping runners: A handling device for elements of tapping runners on a shaft furnace, in particular for runner covers, the device including a support base arranged on the cast house floor of a blast furnace, laterally of the tapping runner and a frame (14) which is supported by the support base and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080230966 - Scrap melter and impeller therefore: A device for submerging scrap metal includes: (a) a drive source, (b) a drive shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the drive source, and (d) an impeller connected to the second end of the drive shaft, the impeller preferably having two... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080224367 - Pit furnace closing system: “PIT FURNACE CLOSING SYSTEM” comprising the use of two beams and several square iron bars laid across the border of the furnace and supported over said beams, and pieces of cloth wrap for high temperature are used for closing the furnace or a species box in a stainless steel screen... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080211146 - Installation for supplying materials into metallurgical unit: The invention relates to ferrous metallurgy and can be used in the processes of direct alloying of steel in steel-teeming ladles or installations for the out-of-furnace treatment. An installation for supplying materials into a metallurgical unit comprises a distributing device made as a funnel and a swivel launder with a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080211147 - System for releasing gas into molten metal: A device for releasing gas into molten metal includes a base having a discharge. The discharge has a first section including a first cross-sectional area and a second section including a second cross-sectional area, wherein the first section is upstream of the second section and the first cross-sectional area is... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080211148 - Apparatus and method for injection of fluid hydrocarbons into a blast furnace: A tuyere assembly for directing air and one or more fluid hydrocarbons into a cavity in a blast furnace. The tuyere assembly includes a blowpipe portion with a conduit defining a bore through which the air is directed. The tuyere assembly also includes a tuyere with a chamber defined by... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill Susan Tandan