Patents by Inventor Carolus M-Th. L. Hens

Carolus M-Th. L. Hens 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).

  • Process and apparatus for stacking spent anodes
    Patent number: 4657464
    Abstract: The spent anodes to be stacked are vertically suspended by their lugs to hooks.The anodes are lifted from the hooks and then rotated alternately 90.degree. and -90.degree. around a horizontal axis; the rotated anodes are lowered to a lower position wherein they are released; the released anodes form a pile on a support positioned under said lower position; and the support is lowered in such a way that the top of the anode pile being formed on it remains under said lower position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt
    Inventors: Constant T. Verhoeven, Carolus M-Th. L. Hens