Patents by Inventor Franco Macci

Franco Macci 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).

  • Patent number: 7398817
    Abstract: A twin roll caster for an apparatus for confining the impurities in a molten metal fed by means of a discharger and contained into an area of a strip continuous casting mold delimited by the side surfaces of two casting rolls with counter-rotating horizontal axis and by two containment side plates positioned in contact with the rolls' bases is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignees: Thyssenkrupp Acciai Speciali Terni S.p.A, Thyssenkrupp Nirosta GmbH
    Inventors: Romeo Capotosti, Riccardo Tonelli, Franco Macci
  • Publication number: 20070221357
    Abstract: Apparatus for confining the impurities in a molten metal fed by means of a discharger and contained into an area (3) of a strip continuous casting mould delimited by the side surfaces of two casting rolls with counter-rotating horizontal axis (1a, 1b)and by two containment side plates (2a, 2b) positioned in contact with the rolls' bases, comprising: a discharger (4) having at least two first series of holes (4a, 4a?) for the molten metal supply, each series being formed by at least a pair of holes respectively directed towards one of the opposed side surfaces of the two rolls (1a, 1b)and at least a second pair of holes (4b, 4b?) for the molten metal supply, each hole of such second pair being directed towards the side plate nearest thereto, and said at least one second pair of holes (4b, 4b?) being positioned at a greater depth with respect to said two first series of holes (4a, 4a?); at least two pairs of barriers (5) present in one part of the area (3) comprised between the end of the plunger and the co
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP ACCIAI SPECIALI TERNI S.P.A., THYSSENKRUPP NIROSTA GMBH
    Inventors: Romeo Capotosti, Riccardo Tonelli, Franco Macci
  • Patent number: 6341722
    Abstract: The present invention provides a feeder of molten metal for moulds of continuous casting machines comprising a cylindrical body (1) within which a main outflow duct (5) of the molten metal coming from the tundish is formed to which the cylindrical body (1) is connected by means of a frustoconical joint (2), formed integrally with the cylindrical body (1) at the upper end thereof, characterized in that the free end (3) of the cylindrical body (1) is of substantially frustopyramid shape and has a plurality of outlets (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) communicating with the main outflow duct (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignees: Acciai Speciali Terni S.p.A., Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Pietro Tolve, Franco Macci, Romeo Capotosti