Patents by Inventor Albert Sannes

Albert Sannes 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).

  • Taphole construction of a shaft furnace
    Patent number: 4565525
    Abstract: In a shaft furnace having a metal shell, a refractory furnace lining inside the shell and a taphole construction comprising a drilled taphole extending through a plug located in an aperture in the shell and a taphole brick structure forming part of said furnace lining, the taphole brick structure at least partly consists of at least one taphole brick of high thermal conductivity material selected from the group comprising graphite, semi-graphite and material of equivalent heat conductivity, there further being screening means comprising material of substantially lower heat conductivity coefficient than graphite and semi-graphite located between said taphole brick and said furnace shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Assignee: Hoogovens Groep B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Van Laar, Jacob Felthuis, Jahannes A.M. Butter, Jacob Rengersen, Albert Sannes