Patents Assigned to Engineered Production Increase, Inc.
  • Rod cooling apparatus
    Patent number: 5299783
    Abstract: Rod cooling system for use in a rod rolling mill having a laying reel and a conveyor onto an entry portion of which the rod is deposited in overlapping offset rings, entry portion receiving substantial amounts of cooling air for rapid cooling of the rod, the conveyor having a grid for introducing cooling air under the rings for movement in a confined space thereunder and surfaces developing low pressure that draws ambient air through the rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Engineered Production Increase, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred R. Ledger, Charles H. Gage
  • Rod cooling system
    Patent number: 5196156
    Abstract: Cooling system for use in a rod rolling mill having a laying reel and an elongated conveyor onto which the rod is deposited in a pattern of overlapping offset rings, the conveyor having a section consisting of spaced, parallel transverse shafts bearing radially-extending disks whose arcuate upper peripheries support the rings in driving relationship for movement of the rod along the conveyor and for introducing cooling air under the rings for flow in a confined space thereunder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Engineered Production Increase, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Gage, Alfred R. Leger