Patents by Inventor Dietmar Eichler

Dietmar Eichler 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 slab caster arrangement followed by a rolling mill
    Patent number: 5205342
    Abstract: In a continuous casting plant for slabs with a consecutively arranged rolling mill, a furnace is provided between a strand separating device arranged at a run-out roller table of the continuous casting plant and the rolling mill. The furnace has a feed side, a delivery side and a transverse conveying device for conveying a slab from a longitudinal conveying device arranged on the feed side to a longitudinal conveying device arranged on the delivery side and including a slab storage place located parallel to the longitudinal conveying device. In order to enable the compact construction of the furnace and simple installations within the furnace, at least one fixed hearth having a minimum width adapted to a slab width is provided within the furnace parallel to the longitudinal conveying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau G.m.b.H.
    Inventor: Dietmar Eichler