Patents Assigned to TMS International Corporation
  • Patent number: 11358539
    Abstract: A container for transporting material including a main body and a liner disposed within the interior space of the main body. A gap is provided between a perimeter of the main body and a perimeter of the liner to allow the liner to move with respect to the main body. Also, a container for transporting material including a main body defining an interior space with a lift gate pivotably attached at an open end of the main body. When the container is placed on a transportation vehicle and the main body is raised, the engagement of a link between the lift gate and the vehicle automatically transitions the lift gate from a position in which the open end of the main body is covered by the lift gate to a position in which the open end of the main body is not covered by the lift gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TMS International Corporation
    Inventors: Miguel Tanudra, Fernando Rodriguez Anton, Mark Whalen
  • Patent number: 10875130
    Abstract: A scrap cutting apparatus including an enclosure comprising two open sides, two closed sides, an open bottom, and a closed top, wherein at least one opening is provided in at least one of closed sides, at least one torch extending through the at least one opening, and a rail system comprising two parallel rails, wherein the enclosure is adapted to move along the rail system. Also, a method of cutting metal scrap including positioning a plurality of pieces of scrap material between the rails of the scrap cutting apparatus described above, moving the enclosure over a first piece of scrap material, making at least one cut in the first piece of scrap material using the at least one torch, moving the enclosure along the rail system and over a second piece of scrap material, and making at least one cut in the second piece of scrap material using the torch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TMS International Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy G Schutz, Joseph H. Jung
  • Patent number: 10300547
    Abstract: A torch cutting machine comprising a longitudinal travel way, a main carriage that travels along the travel way, and a boom assembly extending from the main carriage perpendicular to the travel way, the boom assembly comprising at least one cutting torch extending from a main boom. The boom assembly is rotatable with respect to the main carriage. Also, a method of cutting metal material where a boom of a torch cutting machine having a cutting torch extending therefrom, is placed over metal material in a first cutting bed, which is cut by moving the cutting torch. The boom is rotated 180° and positioned over material in a second cutting bed, which is cut in the same manner. Cut material is removed from the first cutting bed and new material is placed in the first cutting bed while the cutting of the material in the second cutting bed is being performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: TMS International Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy G. Schutz, Joseph H. Jung
  • Patent number: 10107674
    Abstract: A mobile scale including a lower frame having at least one load cell and an upper deck having at least one load cell engagement surface for engaging the at least one load cell. The upper deck is movable from a first position where the at least one load cell engagement surface is engaged with the at least one load cell to a second position where the at least one load cell engagement surface is disengaged from the at least one load cell. Also, a method of weighing and moving a load. The load is placed on the mobile scale described above. The weight of the load is determined using the load cells when the upper deck is in the first position. The mobile scale is then lifted to transition the upper deck from the first position to the second position and moved to a new location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TMS International Corporation
    Inventors: Chuck Mamich, Douglas Blake Norman, Fernando Rodriguez Anton