Patents by Inventor Geoffrey De Looze

Geoffrey De Looze 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).

  • Alloy casting apparatus
    Patent number: 9427803
    Abstract: Apparatus for gravity flow and feeding of alloy in a casting operation has a supply vessel for holding a supply of alloy, a furnace in which the vessel is contained and in which the vessel is heatable to maintain the supply of alloy at suitable casting temperature, and a die mounted laterally outwardly from the vessel in relation to the furnace. A conduit provides communication between the vessel and the die. The apparatus further includes means for reversibly tilting an assembly including the furnace, the vessel and the die about a substantially horizontal axis to enable or prevent the flow of the alloy from the vessel to a die cavity defined by the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: John Francis Carrig, Geoffrey De Looze, Thang Tran Nguyen, Vladimir Nikolai Alguine
  • Alloy Casting Apparatus
    Publication number: 20080257519
    Abstract: Apparatus for gravity flow and feeding of alloy in a casting operation has a supply vessel for holding a supply of alloy, a furnace in which the vessel is contained and in which the vessel is heatable to maintain the supply of alloy at suitable casting temperature, and a die mounted laterally outwardly from the vessel in relation to the furnace. A conduit provides communication between the vessel and the die. The apparatus further includes means for reversibly tilting an assembly including the furnace, the vessel and the die about a substantially horizontal axis to enable or prevent the flow of the alloy from the vessel to a die cavity defined by the die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: John Francis Carrig, Geoffrey De Looze, Thang Tran Nguyen, Vladimir Nikolai Alguine