Patents by Inventor Jonathan A. Burgo

Jonathan A. Burgo 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 apparatus for controlling the thickness of metal strip cast in a twin roll continuous casting machine
    Patent number: 5031688
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the thickness of a metal strip cast by pouring molten metal between a pair of closely spaced, water-cooled rotating rolls. The temperature of at least one of the rolls is measured at a fixed position relative to the roll bite before and during the cast. The rotational speed of the rolls is adjusted in proportion to a measured roll separation or roll separating force corrected by the roll temperature measured during the cast such that a predetermined and substantially uniform thickness of the metal strip is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Bethlehem Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Burgo, Dennis H. Bright, Thomas J. Conarty, Jr., Jack H. Baker, Joseph W. Hlinka