Patents by Inventor Richard L. Wessel

Richard L. Wessel 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).

  • Pour tube manipulator for sliding gate valve
    Patent number: 4131220
    Abstract: Pour tubes for use in conjunction with slidable gate valves that regulate the flow of molten metal from the pour opening in a bottom pour teeming vessel are operatively positioned with respect to the gate valve collector nozzle by means of mounting apparatus of particular construction. A pouring tube is replaceably positioned in the apparatus which is operative to manipulate the tube within a confined space into its operating position with respect to the collector nozzle between the teeming vessel and a receiving vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: United States Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Charles H. Bode, Jr., Anthony S. Saggio, George J. Wagner, Jr., Richard L. Wessel
  • Plug-type coke oven door
    Patent number: 4118284
    Abstract: In the construction of a plug-type, coke oven door, which plug is fitted with an integral flue or duct for venting of gases, the front and side walls of the plug are constructed so as to provide sufficient thermal conductivity, whereby heat entering the duct, primarily by conduction through the front wall, may readily be transferred to the left and right side walls thereof so as to maintain a desirable high temperature boh within the duct and at the exterior surfaces of the side walls to prevent or significantly decrease carbon accumulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Assignee: United States Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Walter A. Bowman, Richard L. Wessel