Patents by Inventor John W. Veil, Jr.

John W. Veil, Jr. 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).

  • Consumable electrode remelting furnace and method
    Patent number: 4569056
    Abstract: An improved consumable electrode remelting furnace and a method of monitoring decreases in the weight of a consumable electrode during remelting are provided. An electrode support structure is movably supported above a mold for moving the electrode into and out of substantially coaxial relationship with the mold. The base of a load cell is supported above the mold by the electrode support structure so that the load cell is electrically remote from the electric melting current conducting paths in the furnace. Apparatus are provided for: (1) suspending the weight of the electrode and substantially only that weight from the top of the load cell; and (2) vertically displacing the mold and the electrode relative to each other toward and away from a position of the electrode in the mold where the electrode can be remelted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Carpenter Technology Corporation
    Inventor: John W. Veil, Jr.