Patents by Inventor Joseph Bernard Brinkmann

Joseph Bernard Brinkmann 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).

  • Continuous casting and sizing apparatus, and method thereof
    Patent number: 4098319
    Abstract: Apparatus for a process of continuously casting and sizing metals by passing a metal core member through a container of molten metal to accrete and solidify the molten metal thereon, and passing the cast product through a series of pairs of counterpoised sizing rolls composed of a specific steel composition to consolidate and smooth the cast product; and a method of continuously casting and sizing metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Joseph Bernard Brinkmann
  • Continuous casting apparatus, and a method of casting
    Patent number: 3995679
    Abstract: Apparatus for and method of continuously casting metals by passing a metal core member through a container of molten metal, and thereby accreting and solidifying molten metal on the core member. The invention comprises providing venting means in the apparatus, and method steps for venting gas from portions of the container of molten metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph Bernard Brinkmann, Joseph Edward Byrnes
  • Oxygen control in continuous metal casting system
    Patent number: 3987224
    Abstract: Method of regulating and reducing the oxygen content of a molten copper-containing metal supply for a continuous metal casting process which comprises passing a metal core member through a body of molten metal and thereby accreting and solidifying molten metal on the core member. The method comprises the application of a mixture of gases comprising hydrogen and nitrogen to the molten metal supply to reduce the oxygen contents thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph Bernard Brinkmann, Ralph Edgar Carter, Malcolm Robert Knapp