Patents Assigned to Carblox Limited
  • Tuyeres with heat pipes and method of manufacturing
    Patent number: 4398703
    Abstract: The tuyere for a blast furnace, the tuyere having a body part (10) with cooling means extending rearwardly from a nose portion of the body (10).In order that a failure of the tuyere when in service does not result in large quantities of water entering the furnace, the cooling means are constituted by a plurality of heat pipes, the heat pipes being formed either in tubes (12) cast in the body part (10) or being formed in holes (112) drilled in said body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Assignee: Carblox Limited
    Inventor: Raymond N. Elderfield