Patents by Inventor LaMar S. Hills, Jr.

LaMar S. Hills, Jr. 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).

  • Molten metal fume suppression
    Patent number: 4458883
    Abstract: A method is described for suppressing fume generated in the transfer of molten metal to a receiver. The involved method entails burning fuel in the immediate vicinity of the molten bath within the receiver to consume and/or displace ambient air thereby to starve the bath of oxygen and, concomitantly, to suppress the formation of the fume-producing metallic oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignee: United States Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Laird D. Billings, LaMar S. Hills, Jr., Jay R. Hopkins