Patents by Inventor Antonio Alves e Silva Reis

Antonio Alves e Silva Reis 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).

  • Patent number: 9464339
    Abstract: A process for the inhibition of particulate emission during friction of heat-treated iron ore pellets includes the following steps: a) removal of heat-treated iron ore pellets at a temperature of 200° C.; and b) spraying of an alcohol by-product on pellets. The use of an alcohol by-product as an inhibitor of particulate emission is further described, with the alcohol by-product being sprayed on heat-treated iron ore pellets, which can partially or completely replace water during the handling, stacking, loading, and unloading of materials such as pellets, granules, fines, and other products from iron ore and other minerals. This process significantly reduces the emission of particulates in the an operational area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Vale S.A.
    Inventors: Rodrigo Ribeiro de Araujo, Celso de Jesus Silva, Antonio Alves e Silva Reis, Leonidio Stegmiller, Aldo Gamberini Junior, Reinaldo Walmir de Jesus, Alexandre Soares Pinto
  • Patent number: 8770556
    Abstract: “LIQUID OR PULP AERATION DEVICE” that projects liquid or pulp (P) through a spreading nozzle on a chain curtain (C) and captures air bubbles from the liquid or pulp (P) while the fluid outflows through the curtain links (C) by gravity forming films by virtue of an interaction of the surface strain and wettability between the three surfaces in question. As far as the outflow is concerned, these films end up interacting between themselves capturing the remaining air between them, thus forming profuse bubbles, resulting in the formation of liquid or foaming pulp (P) by virtue of the chain discharge (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: José Antonio Alves e Silva Reis, Leonidio Stegmiller, Aldo Gamberini Júnior, Romeu Venturott Ferreira, Romero Santana Azeredo de Jesus, Gelson Luis Rocha, Cláudio Marcio Oliveira Cesário, Ely Valeriano dos Santos, José Maia, Antônio Fernando Pereira dos Santos, Edvaldo Marcelino Faustino, Altair Barbosa Silva, Emerson William de Carvalho
  • Patent number: 8714105
    Abstract: A process for application of alcoholic derivative on heat treated pellets for inhibition of particulate emission is provided, and the process includes weighing the amount of heat treated pellets discharged from furnaces, measuring the temperature of the heat treated pellets discharged from furnaces, applying cooling fluid on the heat treated pellets until they reach temperatures below 140° C., and spraying the alcoholic derivative on the heat treated pellets. Also provided is a first device for applying cooling fluid that is capable of calculating a dosage of cooling fluid to be applied to the heat treated pellets, a second device for applying alcoholic derivative that is capable of calculating a dosage of alcoholic derivative to be applied to the heat treated pellets already cooled, and a carrier device that continuously communicates with the first device for applying cooling fluid and with the second device for applying alcoholic derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Vale S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Antonio Alves E. Silva Reis, Leonidio Stegmiller, Aldo Gamberini
  • Publication number: 20110018148
    Abstract: “LIQUID OR PULP AERATION DEVICE” that projects liquid or pulp (P) through a spreading nozzle on a chain curtain (C) and captures air bubbles from the liquid or pulp (P) while the fluid outflows through the curtain links (C) by gravity forming films by virtue of an interaction of the surface strain and wettability between the three surfaces in question. As far as the outflow is concerned, these films end up interacting between themselves capturing the remaining air between them, thus forming profuse bubbles, resulting in the formation of liquid or foaming pulp (P) by virtue of the chain discharge (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: José Antonio Alves e Silva Reis, Leonidio Stegmiller, Aldo Gamberini Júnior, Romeu Venturott Ferreira, Romero Santana Azeredo de Jesus, Gelson Luis Rocha, Cláudio Marcio Oliveira Cesário, Ely Valeriano dos Santos, José Maia, Antônio Fernando Pereira dos Santos, Edvaldo Marcelino Faustino, Altair Barbosa Silva, Emerson William de Carvalho