Patents by Inventor Harald Kaune

Harald Kaune 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).

  • Gas and/or solid material blasting device for a metallurgical vessel and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 5547170
    Abstract: A blasting device to be used to introduce a gas and/or a solid material into a metallurgical vessel such as a convertor includes a plurality of blasting tubes arranged in a tube bundle, with ends of the tubes being inserted into respective receiving bores formed in a metal apertured plate, with a press fit therebetween. A space defined within the tube bundle is filled with a prefabricated ceramic internal member. The tube bundle with the internal member therein are positioned within a pressing mold that is partially filled with a portion of ceramic material to be used to form a blasting brick. The remainder of the ceramic material to form the blasting brick then is filled into the interior of the pressing mold. The mold then is operated to press the ceramic material to form a blasting brick with the tube bundle and internal member situated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Didier-Werke AG
    Inventors: Alois Angeler, Harald Kaune, Theo Scheuten
  • Gas and/or solid material blasting device for a metallurgical vessel and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 5533713
    Abstract: A blasting device to be used to introduce a gas and/or a solid material into a metallurgical vessel such as a convertor includes a plurality of blasting tubes arranged in a tube bundle, with ends of the tubes being inserted into respective receiving bores formed in a metal apertured plate, with a press fit therebetween. A space defined within the tube bundle is filled with a prefabricated ceramic internal member. The tube bundle with the internal member therein are positioned within a pressing mold that is partially filled with a portion of ceramic material to be used to form a blasting brick. The remainder of the ceramic material to form the blasting brick then is filled into the interior of the pressing mold. The mold then is operated to press the ceramic material to form a blasting brick with the tube bundle and internal member situated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Didier-Werke AG
    Inventors: Alois Angeler, Harald Kaune, Theo Scheuten