Patents by Inventor Gilbert Vandenbroucke

Gilbert Vandenbroucke 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).

  • Method for cladding a wire-shaped steel element with an aluminum coating, as well as aluminum-coated wire-shaped steel element
    Patent number: 4774825
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for cladding a wire-shaped steel element (1) with an aluminium coating layer (3) by passing the steel wire (1) through an extrusion orifice (8), whereby plastified aluminium is fed through a closed feed channel (7) preceding the orifice (8) and is applied under pressure on the wire-shaped steel element (1) in the orifice (8) for forming the coating (3). According to the invention, the steel wire (1) is provided with a corrosion-resistant layer (2) with a thickness of 1 to 25 micron, which layer (2) has a lower melting temperature than the melting temperature of the aluminium to be applied and whereby during the coating process the temperature of the protective layer (2) which comes in contact with the aluminium remains lower than the melting temperature of the layer (2).This invention also relates to coated steel wires according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: N.V. Bekaert S.A.
    Inventor: Gilbert Vandenbroucke