Patents by Inventor Malcolm Robert Knapp

Malcolm Robert Knapp 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).

  • 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