Patents by Inventor Shunichi Hironaka

Shunichi Hironaka 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: 4005986
    Abstract: A device for making high temperature reformed gas from coke oven gas and blast furnace gas comprises a continuous heating apparatus for preheating a coke oven gas; and a first system including (a) an intermittent heat exchanger containing therein a packing bed of the heat-accumulator type for preheating a blast furnace gas; (b) a separate cyclone-type gas mixing chamber for mixing the preheated raw gases; and (c) an intermittent reforming furnace containing therein a packing bed of the heat-accumulator type impregnated with a catalyst. A second system comprising counterpart elements (a), (b) and (c) is connected to the apparatus (a) in parallel with the first system so as to be operated alternately with said first system. Bypass valves are preferably provided to feed the blast furnace gas directly to the gas mixing chamber bypassing the intermittent heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Assignee: Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuneo Miyashita, Kazuo Sano, Kyoji Sasaguri, Kazuo Ishihara, Shunichi Hironaka