Patents by Inventor John M. Reinarts

John M. Reinarts 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).

  • Utilization of sponge metal fines
    Patent number: 5017219
    Abstract: Normally reject sponge metal fines, especially those produced by the crushing and screening of a regulus of zirconium and/or hafnium metal sponge, are added to the initial reduction charge of the metal tetrachloride and magnesium metal, and the so-modified charge is then passed through the conventional reduction and vacuum distillation steps to produce a regulus of the metal that has the reject fines incorporated therein by sintering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company
    Inventors: Randy W. Wahlquist, John M. Reinarts, Timothy L. Francis