Patents by Inventor John M. Overdeck

John M. Overdeck 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).

  • Method and means for utilizing waste heat of molten slag
    Patent number: 4175731
    Abstract: A method and means for handling molten slag from a metallurgical furnace to recover waste heat from the molten slag and molten iron entrained in the slag. The waste heat of the slag is channeled to a heat utilizing device such as a steam generator or water heater, the molten iron is collected for return to steel making shops for further processing and the cooled and solidified slag is recovered for conventional slag processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1979
    Inventors: John S. Overdeck, John M. Overdeck