Patents by Inventor Antonio Carminati

Antonio Carminati 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 cooling gases and/or vapors from non-ferrous metal treatment plants, and the relative apparatus
    Patent number: 4878654
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cooling gases and/or vapors from non-ferrous metal treatment plants, wherein gases and/or vapors which develop in the treatment region are passed parallel to a heat transfer surface consisting of one or more sets of vertical tubes disposed in intimate mutual contact to form a shaft structure, the tubes being fed with water under pressure to produce steam, and the shaft structure being suspended above the treatment region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: Snamprogetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Carminati, Andrea Perillo
  • Tank furnace for the metallurgical treatment of non-ferrous metals
    Patent number: 4773630
    Abstract: A tank furnace for the metallurgical treatment of non-ferrous metals, consisting of a refractory hearth in the form of an inverted arch disposed on perimetral plate assemblies which are able to move in order to compensate for hearth expansion, a containing belt formed of metal box elements, and walls and a crown of refractory material, said elements being separately supported by an external frame and being able to slide relative to each other due to thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Shamprogetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Carminati, Andrea Perillo