Patents by Inventor Nigel Backhouse

Nigel Backhouse 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 cooling device for the subracks in a chamber furnace
    Patent number: 7192271
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ring furnace pit (2) cooling method, comprising the production of a flux F of cooling fluid inside the pit (2) and the flow of at least a part Fr of said flux F in a roughly vertical manner along determined surfaces of the walls (2A, 2B) of the pit (2). The invention also relates to a device capable of implementing the method. The invention makes it possible to accelerate the cooling rate of ring furnace pits considerably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Aluminium Pechiney
    Inventors: Christian Dreyer, Nigel Backhouse
  • Method and cooling device for the subracks in a chamber furnance
    Publication number: 20040137396
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ring furnace pit (2) cooling method, comprising the production of a flux F of cooling fluid inside the pit (2) and the flow of at least a part Fr of said flux F in a roughly vertical manner along determined surfaces of the walls (2A, 2B) of the pit (2). The invention also relates to a device capable of implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Christian Dreyer, Nigel Backhouse