Patents by Inventor Horacio Rafart Mouthon

Horacio Rafart Mouthon 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).

  • Publication number: 20210276061
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of insoluble lead anodes, with low segregation of the constituent elements of the anodic alloy for the electrowinning of metals, free of buckling, used in electrolytic processes, which comprises: Obtaining a continuous plate (4) of lead or lead alloy 10 to 30 mm thick by 900 to 1,100 mm wide by means of a continuous casting process; Cut the continuous plate (4) according to a determined length obtaining a pre-plate (6) that will give the length of one or more plates of the anode (8); Roll the lead or lead alloy pre-plate (6) using a cold rolling mill (7) to a thickness of 6 to 12 mm, keeping the cold rolling temperature of the pre-plate under 60° C., obtaining the anode plate(s) (8); Remove the anode plate (8) from the rolling mill (7); Weld (12) a copper bar (10) to the upper end of the anode plate (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Horacio RAFART MOUTHON, Antonio CARRACEDO ROSENDE
  • Publication number: 20200346293
    Abstract: The invention describes the assembly and construction method for anodes used in the electrolytic processes. It is made up of a copper bus bar (1) where the plate shall be inserted (3). It has a rough surface previously milled to form a groove (2), which is, approximately, 0.12 mm thicker than the thickness of the plate; approximately, 19 mm deep. Such copper bus bar (1) is first subject to a process mechanical/chemical or electrochemical process aimed to significantly increase its roughness, between 0.01 mm and 0.5 mm, preferably 0.15 mm, by using mechanical processes, such as sand blasting or grinding, preferably grinding with blasting material made of various metals or using glass balls/copper slag or chemical corrosion by using oxidant chemical agents or anodic electrolytic corrosion aimed to finally improve bonding between the copper bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: HORACIO RAFART E HIJOS SPA.
    Inventor: Horacio RAFART MOUTHON
  • Patent number: 8869873
    Abstract: A method for assembling anodes used in electro winning processes that increases corrosion resistance. The method includes pre-coating the copper bus bar, introducing the copper bar into a mold, peripherally coating the copper bar with a lead-antimony alloy, moving the copper bar to the assembly table, filling a slot in the copper bus bar with a lead-bismuth alloy, introducing the end of a plate into the slot while the lead-bismuth alloy is in a liquid state, and once the lead-bismuth alloy in the slot has solidified, applying reinforcement solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventor: Horacio Rafart Mouthon
  • Patent number: 8530791
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a joining area and method between copper and stainless steel or titanium, as well as the permanent cathode obtained, where said joining area is made of a first zone of a copper-nickel (Cu—Ni) alloy, an intermediate zone with a mostly nickel alloy or pure nickel and a second zone made of a stainless steel-nickel alloy, which is the result of the participating materials being cast in an arc welding process, for example TIG, MIG or manual arc using electrodes of nickel as welding contributor between said materials and their space arrangement, that is to say, leaving a separation between the materials when performing the welding process, thus ensuring as follows: a) greater tensile strength, b) a substantial improvement of corrosion resistance of the joint welding, and c) improvement of conductibility, which can be improved still further by modifying the straight design of the conducting bar by providing it with the “horn”-type shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Industria Proveedora de Partes Metalurgicas Limitada
    Inventors: Antonio Carracedo Rosende, Horacio Rafart Mouthon
  • Publication number: 20110272114
    Abstract: A method for assembling anodes used in electro winning processes, that increases corrosion resistance, comprising pre-coating the copper bus bar by being cast plated at the adequate temperature, introducing said copper bar into an adequate mold and, by injection or a similar method the copper bar is peripherally coated with a lead-antimony alloy, moving the copper bar to the assembly table, and filling the slot with a lead-bismuth alloy, applying, once the lead-bismuth alloy poured into the slot has solidified, reinforcement solder,
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Horacio Rafart MOUTHON
  • Publication number: 20100000975
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a joining area and method between copper and stainless steel or titanium, as well as the permanent cathode obtained, where said joining area is made of a first zone of a copper-nickel (Cu—Ni) alloy, an intermediate zone with a mostly nickel alloy or pure nickel and a second zone made of a stainless steel-nickel alloy, which is the result of the participating materials being cast in an arc welding process, for example TIG, MIG or manual arc using electrodes of nickel as welding contributor between said materials and their space arrangement, that is to say, leaving a separation between the materials when performing the welding process, thus ensuring as follows: a) greater tensile strength, b) a substantial improvement of corrosion resistance of the joint welding, and c) improvement of conductibility, which can be improved still further by modifying the straight design of the conducting bar by providing it with the “horn”-type shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Antonio Carracedo Rosende, Horacio Rafart Mouthon
  • Patent number: 7604872
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a joining area and method between copper and stainless steel or titanium, as well as the permanent cathode obtained, where said joining area is made of a first zone of a copper-nickel (Cu—Ni) alloy, an intermediate zone with a mostly nickel alloy or pure nickel and a second zone made of a stainless steel-nickel alloy, which is the result of the participating materials being cast in an arc welding process, for example TIG, MIG or manual arc using electrodes of nickel as welding contributor between said materials and their space arrangement, that is to say, leaving a separation between the materials when performing the welding process, thus ensuring as follows: a) greater tensile strength, b) a substantial improvement of corrosion resistance of the joint welding, and c) improvement of conductibility, which can be improved still further by modifying the straight design of the conducting bar by providing it with the “horn”-type shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Industria Proveedora de Partes Metalurgicas Limitada
    Inventors: Antonio Carracedo Rosende, Horacio Rafart Mouthon