Patents by Inventor Daniel Smith Cruzat

Daniel Smith Cruzat 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).

  • Continuous fire reduction of liquid copper
    Patent number: 8801830
    Abstract: This invention refers to a pyrometallurgical method for the continuous reduction of oxidized copper through combustion gases in countercurrent to the continuous gravitational flow of liquid copper that disperses through a packed bed reactor with ceramic grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Universidad de Chile, Empresa Nacional de Mineria
    Inventors: Gabriel Angel Riveros Urzua, Ricardo Ponce Herrera, Daniel Smith Cruzat, Andrzej Warczok, Torstein Arfin Utigard, Tanai Marin Alvarado
  • CONTINUOUS FIRE REDUCTION OF LIQUID COPPER
    Publication number: 20120227543
    Abstract: This invention refers to a pyrometallurgical method for the continuous reduction of oxidized copper through combustion gases in countercurrent to the continuous gravitational flow of liquid copper that disperses through a reactor with a bed covered with ceramic grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Gabriel Angel Riveros Urzua, Ricardo Ponce Herrera, Daniel Smith Cruzat, Andrzej Warczok, Torstein Arfin Utigard, Tanai Marin Alvarado