Patents by Inventor Jean-Marie Masuy

Jean-Marie Masuy 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).

  • Injection of hot gases into shaft furnace
    Patent number: 4363656
    Abstract: A tuyere for injecting hot reducing gases into a furnace is provided with an inlet pipe and a plasma oven whose gas outlet axis is inclined to the longitudinal axis of the tuyere. The angles which the outlet axis of the plasma oven and the inlet pipe form with the said longitudinal axis are such that the longitudinal axis is parallel to the vector sum of the amount of movement of the gases from the plasma oven and the inlet pipe respectively .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1982
    Assignees: Centre de Recherches Metallurgiques-Centrum Voor Research in de Metallurgie, Societe Anonyme Cockerill
    Inventors: Nikolas Ponghis, Jean-Marie Masuy