Patents by Inventor Andre Boch

Andre Boch 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).

  • Apparatus for lining the inner wall of a vessel with bricks
    Patent number: 4787796
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises an operating station with a rotary work platform, a non-rotary supporting stage supporting the work platform by means of a first bearing, a robot for laying the bricks, a monitoring booth, a device for raising and lowering brick pallets and at least one automatic brick-depalletizing mechanism for transferring the bricks from the pallets towards a stand-by station. This stand-by station comprises a turret which can contain a reserve of bricks of different types and which is supported by the stage by means of a second bearing, so as to be rotatable independently of the stage and the platform about the vertical axis of the vessel. The apparatus is particularly well suited for repairing metallurgical converters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignees: Paul Wurth S.A., Arbed S.A.
    Inventors: Corneille Melan, Victor Kremer, Michel Kirchen, Emile Lonardi, Jean Liesch, Andre Boch, Joseph Colon, Charles Hennico