Patents by Inventor Jeffrey W. Weyant

Jeffrey W. Weyant 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).

  • Impact pad
    Patent number: 5662823
    Abstract: An impact pad for use on the bottom of a vessel into which molten metal is poured for suppressing turbulence of the molten metal. The impact pad includes a central formation having a center and an outer circular periphery and diminishing in height form the center to the outer circular periphery and an outer annular formation surrounding the central formation and having an outer peripheral surface and an inner edge at the outer circular periphery of the central portion and an upper surface flaring outwardly from the inner edge. The outer annular formation has a plurality of channels formed therein extending radially outward from the inner edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: A. P. Green Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian P. Claar, Jeffrey W. Weyant