Patents Assigned to Kroftt Brakston International, Inc.
  • Gel of elemental material or alloy and liquid metal and salt
    Publication number: 20030145682
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-metal element or a metal or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures thereof. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a stream of liquid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof in sufficient quantity to convert the halide to the non-metal or the metal or alloy and to maintain the temperature of the reactants at a temperature lower than the lesser of the boiling point of the alkali or alkaline earth metal at atmospheric pressure or the sintering temperature of the produced non-metal or metal or alloy. A continuous method is disclosed, particularly applicable to titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Kroftt-Brakston International, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard P. Anderson, Donn R. Armstrong, Stanley S. Borys
  • Gel of elemental material or alloy and liquid metal and salt
    Publication number: 20030061907
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-metal element or a metal or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures thereof. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a stream of liquid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof in sufficient quantity to convert the halide to the non-metal or the metal or alloy and to maintain the temperature of the reactants at a temperature lower than the lesser of the boiling point of the alkali or alkaline earth metal at atmospheric pressure or the sintering temperature of the produced non-metal or metal or alloy. A continuous method is disclosed, particularly applicable to titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Kroftt-Brakston International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donn Reynolds Armostrong, Stanley S. Borys, Richard Paul Anderson
  • Elemental material and alloy
    Publication number: 20020152844
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-metal element or a metal or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures thereof. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a stream of liquid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof in sufficient quantity to convert the halide to the non-metal or the metal or alloy and to maintain the temperature of the reactants at a temperature lower than the lesser of the boiling point of the alkali or alkaline earth metal at atmospheric pressure or the sintering temperature of the produced non-metal or metal or alloy. A continuous method is disclosed, particularly applicable to titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Kroftt-Brakston International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donn Reynolds Armstrong, Stanley S. Borys, Richard Paul Anderson
  • Elemental material and alloy
    Publication number: 20020148327
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-metal element or a metal or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures thereof. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a stream of liquid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof in sufficient quantity to convert the halide to the non-metal or the metal or alloy and to maintain the temperature of the reactants at a temperature lower than the lesser of the boiling point of the alkali or alkaline earth metal at atmospheric pressure or the sintering temperature of the produced non-metal or metal or alloy. A continuous method is disclosed, particularly applicable to titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Kroftt-Brakston International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donn Reynolds Armstrong, Stanley S. Borys, Richard Paul Anderson
  • Method of making metals and other elements from the halide vapor of the metal
    Patent number: 6409797
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-metal element or a metal or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures thereof. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a stream of liquid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof in sufficient quantity to convert the halide to the non-metal or the metal or alloy and to maintain the temperature of the reactants at a temperature lower than the lesser of the boiling point of the alkali or alkaline earth metal at atmospheric pressure or the sintering temperature of the produced non-metal or metal or alloy. A continuous method is disclosed, particularly applicable to titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignees: International Titanium Powder LLC, Kroftt Brakston International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donn Reynolds Armstrong, Stanley S. Borys, Richard Paul Anderson
  • Method of making metals and other elements
    Patent number: 5779761
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-metal element or a metal or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures thereof. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a stream of liquid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof in sufficient quantity to convert the halide to the non-metal or the metal or alloy and to maintain the temperature of the reactants at a temperature lower than the lesser of the boiling point of the alkali or alkaline earth metal at atmospheric pressure or the sintering temperature of the produced non-metal or metal or alloy. A continuous method is disclosed, particularly applicable to titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Kroftt-Brakston International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donn Reynolds Armstrong, Stanley S. Borys, Richard Paul Anderson