Patents by Inventor Junichi Ato

Junichi Ato 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).

  • Porous nozzle for molten metal vessel
    Patent number: 4360190
    Abstract: A refractory porous nozzle which is arranged at the bottom of a molten metal vessel, characterized in that said porous nozzle is made in one body having a flange portion at its upper portion and a cylindrical portion at its lower portion, the outer peripheral surface of the main body of said porous nozzle is gas-tightly enclosed with a steel shell, a gas pool is provided between the bottom surface of said flange portion and the outer peripheral surface of said cylindrical portion, and the inner peripheral surface of said steel shell, and the gas pool is communicated with an inert gas feeding pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Inventor: Junichi Ato