Patents Assigned to Soutwire Company
  • Copper slag trap
    Patent number: 4372542
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus for and a method of continuously trapping slag during molten copper transfer wherein a refractory slag trap comprising baffles traps slag particles by providing areas of non-uniform flow within the molten copper melt thereby causing all constituents having a specific gravity less than that of molten copper to rise to the surface of the molten copper and form agglomerates which can be easily separated from the copper by a pseudodeconting procedure or by other manual means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: Soutwire Company
    Inventor: E. Henry Chia