Patents by Inventor Christian Mainot

Christian Mainot 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 producing ferro-alloys
    Patent number: 4156102
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for producing ferro-alloys from ore in which an ore is first mixed with a solid reducing agent, preheated and pre-reduced in a rotary kiln, and smelted in an electric furnace, in which the pre-reduced ore is heated by a burner provided in the electric furnace where it is also reoxidized. The ore is also heated in the rotary kiln by recycled gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1979
    Assignee: Societe Metallurgique le Nickel -SLN
    Inventors: Christian Mainot, Alain Robert, Imre Toth