Patents by Inventor Anthony W. Hudd

Anthony W. Hudd 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).

  • Casting apparatus
    Patent number: 4730659
    Abstract: Horizontal casting apparatus which includes a composite sleeve or ring at the entrance to the mould comprising a graphite inner portion and an insulating outer portion. The apparatus can optionally have an inert gas shield around the composite ring to protect the graphite component thereof against oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: IMI Refiners Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter J. Clark, Anthony W. Hudd, Stephen T. Bloor, Erling Roller
  • Casting apparatus
    Patent number: 4640335
    Abstract: Horizontal casting apparatus which includes a composite sleeve or ring at the entrance to the mould comprising a graphite inner portion and an insulating outer portion. The apparatus can optionally have an inert gas shield around the composite ring to protect the graphite component thereof against oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: IMI Refiners Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter J. Clark, Anthony W. Hudd, Stephen T. Bloor, Erling Roller
  • Continuous casting mold with resiliently held graphite liner members
    Patent number: 4252178
    Abstract: A continuous casting slab mould including a cooled copper body containing an aperture lined with graphite liners in which the graphite liners are held against the copper body by means of springs interengaging the liner and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: IMI Refiners Limited
    Inventor: Anthony W. Hudd
  • Continuous casting of metals
    Patent number: 4230006
    Abstract: A clamp for clamping three strands of continuously cast metal, the three strands lying in a common plane, there being a pair of outer, hydraulic rams adapted to squeeze the strands together, a fixed clamping member between one pair of the strands and a pivotable clamping member between the other pair so that the ram can compress the three strands towards one another for clamping purposes, particularly useful for clamping three continuously cast strands prior to cutting them with a flying saw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Assignee: IMI Refiners Limited
    Inventor: Anthony W. Hudd
  • Continuous casting of metals
    Patent number: 4214625
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with support rolls for continuous casting machines and such continuous casting machines. In a continuous casting machine the strands being cast are each supported by individual pinch rolls. The invention provides a pinch roll assembly capable of supporting more than one strand simultaneously, the pinch roll being mounted on a drive shaft by means of a spherical bearing so that the roll can articulate on the shaft. A compression spring arrangement is provided so that articulation can occur only when a lateral force greater than a predetermined value is applied to the roller. The invention also provides continuous casting apparatus incorporating such pinch rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: IMI Refiners Limited
    Inventor: Anthony W. Hudd