Patents Assigned to The International Metals Reclamation Co., Inc.
  • Conveying screw for furnace
    Patent number: 4636127
    Abstract: A countercurrent fluid cooled conveying screw is disclosed. Suitable for furnace applications, the screw includes an outer shaft spatially circumscribing an inner tube. A plurality of hollow, fluid cooled flights are affixed to the outer shaft and are in fluid flow communication with coolant coursing through the screw. The coolant is first directed through the flights and then back through the outer shaft before exiting through the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: The International Metals Reclamation Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Francisco Olano, John A. MacDougall, John K. Pargeter
  • Furnacing
    Patent number: 4622905
    Abstract: Discloses an improvement in furnacing objects on the top surface of an impervious rotating hearth in a directly fired rotary hearth furnace by the use of fuel burning with a luminous flame e.g., coal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Assignee: International Metals Reclamation Co., Inc.
    Inventors: John MacDougall, John K. Pargeter