Patents by Inventor Charles E. Fitterer

Charles E. Fitterer 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: 3935079
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying the active oxygen content of a liquid metal and the sensor temperature of a probe from signals developed by the probe which is capable of being plunged directly into the liquid metal. The probe comprises a small mass of solid oxygen-permeable electrolyte in the end of a refractory insulating tube, an oxygen reference material in contact with the inner surface of the electrolyte, and suitable electrodes for providing both a signal representative of the active oxygen of the liquid metal and a signal representative of the sensor temperature. The apparatus comprises first recording means for displaying the sensor temperature, and second recording means for displaying the active oxygen of the metal, a source of power, and sequencing means which are initially responsive to the probe emf for sequencing the operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1972
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: Fitterer Engineering Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Fitterer, Carl D. Cassler