Patents by Inventor Bruno Flora

Bruno Flora has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Shaft furnace charging device and corresponding distribution chute
    Patent number: 8727691
    Abstract: A charging device for a shaft furnace, in particular for a blast furnace and a cooperating distribution chute are proposed, where the distribution chute has an elongated chute body providing a sliding channel for bulk material and two chute-mounting members attached laterally to either side of the chute body for mounting the distribution chute to the charging device, the charging device including a mechanism for rotating the distribution chute, the mechanism having a rotatable support rotor with two suspension flanges cooperating with the chute-mounting members of the distribution chute for mounting the distribution chute, where each chute-mounting member of the chute includes a hook-shaped portion that forms a suspension hook for mounting the distribution chute to the suspension flanges, each suspension flange in turn has a support configured for engagement with the hook-shaped portion of the chute along a hook engagement direction, and furthermore, each chute-mounting member includes an abutment portion tha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Paul Wurth S.A.
    Inventors: Bruno Flora, Jeff Vandivinit, Claude Thinnes
  • SHAFT FURNACE CHARGING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING DISTRIBUTION CHUTE
    Publication number: 20110164950
    Abstract: A charging device for a shaft furnace, in particular for a blast furnace and a cooperating distribution chute are proposed, where the distribution chute has an elongated chute body providing a sliding channel for bulk material and two chute-mounting members attached laterally to either side of the chute body for mounting the distribution chute to the charging device, the charging device including a mechanism for rotating the distribution chute, the mechanism having a rotatable support rotor with two suspension flanges cooperating with the chute-mounting members of the distribution chute for mounting the distribution chute, where each chute-mounting member of the chute includes a hook-shaped portion that forms a suspension hook for mounting the distribution chute to the suspension flanges, each suspension flange in turn has a support configured for engagement with the hook-shaped portion of the chute along a hook engagement direction, and furthermore, each chute-mounting member includes an abutment portion tha
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: PAUL WURTH S.A.
    Inventors: Bruno Flora, Jeff Vandivinit, Claude Thinnes
  • Device and method for uniformly distributing materials on a circular surface
    Patent number: 4921086
    Abstract: The device comprises an inclined rotating chute with adjustable angle of inclination, having an elongated flat sliding surface with a rectilinear longitudinal side provided with a retaining edge, the opposite longitudinal side being the pouring side and having overall the shape of an elongated "S" extending, without interruption and without corners, along the bottom end of the sliding surface as far as the bottom end of the rectilinear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignees: Paul Wurth S.A., Rheinische Braunkohlenwerke AG
    Inventors: Hans J. Klutz, Bruno Flora, Gerard Gilles, Georges Wies