Patents by Inventor Robert L. Grodeck

Robert L. Grodeck 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).

  • Impact resistant scrap submergence device
    Patent number: 9481918
    Abstract: A metal scrap submergence device having an open top chamber including side and base walls of a heat resistant material. An inlet is included in a side or base wall of the chamber for receiving molten metal. An outlet is included in the base of the chamber. A ramp extends from the side wall of the chamber to an inner column defining the outlet. The ramp includes a first edge adjacent the side wall and second interior edge adjacent the inner column. The working surface of the ramp between the first and second edges is concave. The inner column includes an end wall disposed opposite the chamber base, the end wall includes rounded inner and outer edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: PYROTEK, INC.
    Inventors: Chris T. Vild, Robert L. Grodeck
  • IMPACT RESISTANT SCRAP SUBMERGENCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150102536
    Abstract: A metal scrap submergence device having an open top chamber including side and base walls of a heat resistant material. An inlet is included in a side or base wall of the chamber for receiving molten metal. An outlet is included in the base of the chamber. A ramp extends from the side wall of the chamber to an inner column defining the outlet. The ramp includes a first edge adjacent the side wall and second interior edge adjacent the inner column. The working surface of the ramp between the first and second edges is concave. The inner column includes an end wall disposed opposite the chamber base, the end wall includes rounded inner and outer edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: PYROTEK, INC.
    Inventors: Chris T. Vild, Robert L. Grodeck
  • Galvanizing bath apparatus
    Patent number: 8475594
    Abstract: A continuous galvanizing line uses a coating pot containing a molten zinc bath having bottom dross and further comprises a pump. The pump agitates the bottom dross so the bottom dross interacts with aluminum and converts to top dross, which can be removed without needing to stop the galvanizing line. A reaction vessel may also be used to provide a higher concentration of aluminum to react with the bottom dross.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Pyrotek, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Bright, Gregory C. Becherer, Robert L. Grodeck
  • GALVANIZING BATH APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100304034
    Abstract: A continuous galvanizing line uses a coating pot containing a molten zinc bath having bottom dross and further comprises a pump. The pump agitates the bottom dross so the bottom dross interacts with aluminum and converts to top dross, which can be removed without needing to stop the galvanizing line. A reaction vessel may also be used to provide a higher concentration of aluminum to react with the bottom dross.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Mark A. Bright, Gregory C. Becherer, Robert L. Grodeck