Patents by Inventor Karl Klima

Karl Klima 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).

  • Two-roll casting device
    Patent number: 7156150
    Abstract: A two-roll casting installation with two casting rolls which rotate in opposite directions about horizontal axes and forming a casting gap for forming and discharging a thin cast metal strip. A sealed housing which has a base and surrounds a conveying path for the metal strip which leaves the casting gap and which strip is from a vertical casting direction into an approximately horizontal conveying direction. Diverter devices divert the metal strip within the housing. A displaceable scrap collection container removes scrap and scale produced from the two-roll casting installation. To minimize the penetration of external air into the housing, the base of the housing, at least in a subregion, forms a collection trough for the scrap, which is part of an emptying device, and a displaceable scrap collection container is arranged in a receiving position below the emptying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Michael Zahedi, Thomas Stepanek, Gerald Hohenbichler, Franz Plöckinger, Karl Klima
  • Two-roll casting device
    Publication number: 20060118270
    Abstract: A two-roll casting installation with two casting rolls which rotate in opposite directions about horizontal axes and forming a casting gap for forming and discharging a thin cast metal strip. A sealed housing which has a base and surrounds a conveying path for the metal strip which leaves the casting gap and which strip is from a vertical casting direction into an approximately horizontal conveying direction. Diverter devices divert the metal strip within the housing. A displaceable scrap collection container removes scrap and scale produced from the two-roll casting installation. To minimize the penetration of external air into the housing, the base of the housing, at least in a subregion, forms a collection trough for the scrap, which is part of an emptying device, and a displaceable scrap collection container is arranged in a receiving position below the emptying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Zahedi, Thomas Stepanek, Gerald Hohenbichler, Franz Plockinger, Karl Klima
  • Device for continuously casting molten metals
    Patent number: 7048032
    Abstract: A device for casting a molten metal comprising casting rolls and a housing arranged downstream from the rolls for the cast strip. The aim of the invention is to be able to replace the casting rolls with minimum mounting, and to simultaneously reduce the thermal load of the casting rolls and the adjacent units. A casting roll screen which forms a displaceable structural unit with a frame used to support the casting rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignees: Voest Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH & Co., Thyssenkrupp Nirosta GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Hohenbichler, Michael Zahedi, Karl Klima, Thomas Stepanek, Guido Stebner, Wilhelm Mankau, Werner Schümers
  • Device for continuously casting molten metals
    Publication number: 20050077024
    Abstract: A device for casting a molten metal comprising casting rolls and a housing arranged downstream from the rolls for the cast strip. The aim of the invention is to be able to replace the casting rolls with minimum mounting, and to simultaneously reduce the thermal load of the casting rolls and the adjacent units. A casting roll screen which forms a displaceable structural unit with a frame used to support the casting rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Gerald Hohenbichler, Michael Zahedi, Karl Klima, Thomas Stepanek, Guido Stebner, Wilhelm Mankau, Werner Schumers