Patents by Inventor Jimmy D. Sloop

Jimmy D. Sloop 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).

  • Apparatus for rapid reduction of iron oxide in a rotary hearth furnace
    Patent number: 5885521
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing direct reduced iron from dry compacts composed of iron oxide and carbonaceous material by feeding compacts no more than two layers deep onto a hearth and removing all the volatiles and metallizing the compacts by exposing said compacts to a radiant heat source at a temperature of from about 2400.degree. to about 2600.degree. F. (1316.degree.-1427.degree. C.) for a total time period of about four to ten minutes and partially cooling the compacts while discharging them from the hearth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Midrex International B.V. Rotterdam, Zurich Branch
    Inventors: David C. Meissner, Thomas H. Boyd, James A. Lepinski, Jimmy D. Sloop
  • Method for rapid reduction of iron oxide in a rotary hearth furnace
    Patent number: 5730775
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing direct reduced iron from dry compacts composed of iron oxide and carbonaceous material by feeding compacts no more than two layers deep onto a hearth and removing all the volatiles and metallizing the compacts by exposing said compacts to a radiant heat source at a temperature of from about 2400.degree. to about 2600.degree. F (1316.degree.-1427.degree. C.) for a total time period of about four to ten minutes and partially cooling the compacts while discharging them from the hearth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Midrex International B.V. Rotterdam, Zurich Branch
    Inventors: David C. Meissner, Thomas H. Boyd, James A. Lepinski, Jimmy D. Sloop