Patents by Inventor Flavio Olivarez, Jr.

Flavio Olivarez, Jr. 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).

  • Furnaces for baking anodes
    Patent number: 4687439
    Abstract: An improved exhaust port plug is provided for use in a baking furnace for the baking of anodes for use in an electrolytic reduction cell. The improved exhaust port plug comprises a cylindrical metal shell having a diameter approximating the diameter of the port, a cover member on the shell having a dimension exceeding the diameter of the port, a gasket means on the underside of the cover member surrounding the shell and adapted to sealingly engage an external portion of the furnace, a mat of packed ceramic fibers within the shell, and retaining means to retain the mat of ceramic fibers within the metal shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Aluminum Company of America & Delta Refractories, Inc.
    Inventors: Flavio Olivarez, Jr., Richard J. Walla