Patents by Inventor Giuseppino VIRGILI

Giuseppino VIRGILI 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).

  • Convertible metallurgical furnace and modular metallurgical plant comprising said furnace for conducting production processes for the production of metals in the molten state, in particular steel or cast iron
    Patent number: 11391515
    Abstract: A metallurgical furnace including a vessel with a lower shell for containing a metal bath, the metal bath composed of molten metal and an overlying layer of slag. The lower shell is tiltingly supported and provided with a deslagging opening for evacuating the slag and a tapping opening for tapping the molten metal. The vessel includes an upper shell removably positioned on the lower shell and first and second inlet openings for feeding. The vessel includes a closing roof for the upper closing of the vessel removably positioned on the upper shell and a passage opening for the passage, through the same, of at least one electrode, at least one charge opening for feeding, through the same, charge material in the solid state. At least one of the inlet openings, passage opening, and charge opening is closed or associated with a closing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: TENOVA S.P.A., TENOVA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Silvio Maria Reali, Cesare Giavani, Giuseppino Virgili, Cristian Cattalini
  • CONVERTIBLE METALLURGICAL FURNACE AND MODULAR METALLURGICAL PLANT COMPRISING SAID FURNACE FOR CONDUCTING PRODUCTION PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METALS IN THE MOLTEN STATE, IN PARTICUALR STEEL OR CAST IRON
    Publication number: 20200018550
    Abstract: A metallurgical furnace including a vessel, in turn having a lower shell for containing the metal bath, the metal bath being composed of molten metal and an overlying layer of slag, wherein the lower shell is tiltingly supported and is provided with a deslagging opening for evacuating the slag and with a tapping opening for tapping the molten metal, and an upper shell removably positioned on the lower shell and provided with at least one inlet opening for feeding, through the same, charge material in the solid state or in the molten state, a closing roof for the upper closing of the vessel, wherein the closing roof is removably positioned on the upper shell and is provided with a passage opening for the passage, through the same, of at least one electrode and at least one charge opening for feeding, through the same, charge material in the solid state, wherein at least one of the inlet openings, the passage opening, the charge opening is closed or can be associated with a closing element of the removable type
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Silvio Maria REALI, Cesare GIAVANI, Giuseppino VIRGILI, Cristian CATTALINI