Patents by Inventor Kasper Kokkonen

Kasper Kokkonen 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).

  • Patent number: 8142539
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for feeding an anode into a metallurgical smelting reactor (2), such as a flash converter, said arrangement including a feeding funnel (7) made of at least one part for feeding at least one anode (4) at a time into the smelting reactor, said arrangement also including a bending element (5) for bending the anode, so that the essentially completely bent anode (4) is arranged to meet the surface of the melt (8) contained in the smelting reactor in an essentially horizontal position. The invention also relates to a method for feeding an anode into a metallurgical smelting reactor (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Outokumpu Oyj
    Inventors: Kasper Kokkonen, Jarmo Koskimaa, Satu Jyrkönen
  • Publication number: 20070257406
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for distributing hot feed into the feeding silos of a metallurgical furnace. The device comprises an inlet pipe for receiving the feed from the outlet of a previous process stage. A batching pipe is fitted to the inlet pipe for distributing the feed alternately into the feeding silos through feeding hoppers that are arranged below the inlet pipe and the batching pipe on the periphery of a circle. The inlet pipe and the batching pipe are arranged for rotation with respect to the center axis of the inlet pipe, whereby the feed is directed alternately into each feeding hopper. The batching pipe is arranged between a protective shield, which is insulated from the environment in a gas-tight manner. The distributor of hot feed according to the invention is especially well-suited to feeding homogeneous and free-flowing material, such as preheated and pre-reduced ilmenite into the feeding and batching silos. The invention provides an environmentally safe way to feed the hot feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: OUTOKUMPU TECHNOLOGY OYJ
    Inventors: Kasper Kokkonen, Risto Valimaki
  • Publication number: 20050223845
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for feeding an anode into a metallurgical smelting reactor (2), such as a flash converter, said arrangement including a feeding funnel (7) made of at least one part for feeding at least one anode (4) at a time into the smelting reactor, said arrangement also including a bending element (5) for bending the anode, so that the essentially completely bent anode (4) is arranged to meet the surface of the melt (8) contained in the smelting reactor in an essentially horizontal position. The invention also relates to a method for feeding an anode into a metallurgical smelting reactor (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Kasper Kokkonen, Jarmo Koskimaa, Satu Jyrkonen