Patents by Inventor Anton Spitz, deceased

Anton Spitz, deceased 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).

  • Method for thermal treatment of nickel ore
    Patent number: 4049445
    Abstract: A method and mechanism for thermally processing lateritic nickel ore wherein the ore is fed through a seal, fed to a series of preheater cyclones arranged to discharge to a burner chamber with a tangential burner and the burner chamber is connected to discharge to a reduction chamber which is fed reduction gases through a water cooled supporting grate, and the still combustible reduction gases passed upwardly to the burner chamber and then through an after burner chamber whereupon the gases enter the preheater chamber to supply heat for preheating the ore to reduction temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Weigel, Anton Spitz, deceased