Patents by Inventor Delmar R. Hughey

Delmar R. Hughey 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 automatically adjusting soluble oil flow rates to control physical properties of continuously rolled rod
    Patent number: 5167137
    Abstract: A method for automatically adjusting soluble oil flow rates to control physical properties of continuously rolled rod including a nozzle for spraying the rod with fluid, a tank for providing the fluid to the nozzle, a valve means in series with the tank for regulating the fluid flow to the nozzle, a controller means connected to and for controlling the valve to ensure that the fluid flow reaches a desired predetermined rate, a computer means connected to and providing said controller with the desired predetermined fluid flow rate, a flowmeter in series with the valve means for measuring the actual fluid flow rate to the nozzle and providing this information to the controller means so that, if necessary, the valve means may be adjusted to achieve the desired predetermined fluid flow rate and an historical data generating means for automatically adjusting said desired predetermined fluid flow rate in accordance with actual measurements of at least one physical property of the rod whose value depends upon the ac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventors: George W. Barker, Michael G. Crumpler, James W. Peters, Delmar R. Hughey
  • Method and apparatus for automatically adjusting soluble oil flow rates to control metallurgical properties of continuously rolled rod
    Patent number: 4955216
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically adjusting soluble oil flow rates to control physical properties of continuously rolled rod including a nozzle for spraying the rod with fluid, a tank for providing the fluid to the nozzle, a valve means in series with the tank for regulating the fluid flow to the nozzle, a controller means connected to and for controlling the valve to ensure that the fluid flow reaches a desired predetermined rate, a computer means connected to and providing said controller with the desired predetermined fluid flow rate, a flowmeter in series with the valve means for measuring the actual fluid flow rate to the nozzle and providing this information to the controller means so that, if necessary, the valve means may be adjusted to achieve the desired predetermined fluid flow rate and an historical data generating means for automatically adjusting said desired predetermined fluid flow rate in accordance with actual measurements of at least one physical property of the rod whose value depen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventors: George W. Barker, Michael G. Crumpler, James W. Peters, Delmar R. Hughey