Patents by Inventor George A. Pickin

George A. Pickin 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).

  • Production of sponge iron
    Patent number: 4199349
    Abstract: A process for producing feedstock of highly metallized reduced iron from a metalliferrous slurry in which the slurry is subjected to high pressure filtration (9) and the resultant filter cake is then broken up and fed into a kiln (10) for firing together with a reductant.The slurry may be ferruginous waste products from ironmaking/steelmaking processes i.e. in-plant fines and additions may be made to the slurry (1 to 7) to aid the reduction stage of the process or to aid the agglomeration stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Assignee: British Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Wood, George A. Pickin, David S. Harvey