Patents by Inventor David P. Vickers

David P. Vickers 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 of treating a continuously cast strand formed of stainless steel
    Patent number: 4422884
    Abstract: A method of treating a continuously cast strand formed of stainless steel, wherein, prior to cutting the strand, the surface layer of the strand is deformed at oppositely situated sides by oppositely situated rollers of at least one pair of rollers and subsequently heated in order to produce a recrystallized marginal zone of more than three millimeters thickness for each such deformed side of the strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: Concast AG
    Inventors: David P. Vickers, Kenneth Mayland, Gordon K. Allan