Patents by Inventor Iwao Asada

Iwao Asada 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 and apparatus for short-term relining or construction of blast furnace
    Patent number: 6513789
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for short-term relining or construction of a blast furnace uses a grounding apparatus for grounding of ring-shaped blast furnace segments having shells and a casting floor present as a blast furnace floor for transferring the ring-shaped blocks or shells onto a foundation of the blast furnace, and capable of safely and precisely mounting the ring-like blocks on the casting floor, wherein the grounding apparatus is integrated with a jack system utilizing rod type lift jacks and a sliding apparatus installed with intermittently movable hydraulic cylinders for safe and precision mounting of the ring-shaped blocks or shells on the casting floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kimura, Iwao Asada
  • Method and apparatus for short-term relining or construction of blast furnace
    Patent number: 6260270
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for short-term relining or construction of a blast furnace uses a grounding apparatus for grounding of ring-shaped blast furnace segments having shells and a casting floor present as a blast furnace floor for transferring the ring-shaped blocks or shells onto a foundation of the blast furnace, and capable of safely and precisely mounting the ring-like blocks on the casting floor, wherein the grounding apparatus is integrated with a jack system utilizing rod type lift jacks and a sliding apparatus installed with intermittently movable hydraulic cylinders for safe and precision mounting of the ring-shaped blocks or shells on the casting floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kimura, Iwao Asada
  • Method and apparatus for short-term relining or construction of blast furnace
    Publication number: 20010000913
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for short-term relining or construction of a blast furnace uses a grounding apparatus for grounding of ring-shaped blast furnace segments having shells and a casting floor present as a blast furnace floor for transferring the ring-shaped blocks or shells onto a foundation of the blast furnace, and capable of safely and precisely mounting the ring-like blocks on the casting floor, wherein the grounding apparatus is integrated with a jack system utilizing rod type lift jacks and a sliding apparatus installed with intermittently movable hydraulic cylinders for safe and precision mounting of the ring-shaped blocks or shells on the casting floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 10, 2001
    Applicant: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kimura, Iwao Asada