Patents by Inventor Michael Dreis

Michael Dreis 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).

  • Patent number: 8267153
    Abstract: A continuous casting mold for the continuous casting of a metal strand, particularly a steel strand, comprising mutually opposing wide side walls and mutually opposing narrow side walls which are disposed in a clamped manner between the wide side walls and can be displaced along the wide side walls transversely to the casting direction and taper in a wedge-shaped manner in the casting direction, wherein the wide side walls comprise a funnel-shaped pouring region extending in the casting direction to the mold end, and wherein the narrow side walls are disposed in an exchangeable manner according to the thickness to be set for the metal strand to be cast, and wherein the positions of the narrow sides can be set by means of a narrow side adjustment system (7) having an upper and an lower adjustment device (8, 9) in relation to the center line (11) of the metal strand to be cast, characterized in that the narrow side adjustment system (7) comprises at least one control element (12, 13), which acts on the adjustme
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jörn Hoffmeister, Michael Dreis, Ulrich Snadny
  • Publication number: 20110259543
    Abstract: A continuous casting mold for the continuous casting of a metal strand, particularly a steel strand, comprising mutually opposing wide side walls and mutually opposing narrow side walls which are disposed in a clamped manner between the wide side walls and can be displaced along the wide side walls transversely to the casting direction and taper in a wedge-shaped manner in the casting direction, wherein the wide side walls comprise a funnel-shaped pouring region extending in the casting direction to the mould end, and wherein the narrow side walls are disposed in an exchangeable manner according to the thickness to be set for the metal strand to be cast, and wherein the positions of the narrow sides can be set by means of a narrow side adjustment system (7) having an upper and an lower adjustment device (8, 9) in relation to the center line (11) of the metal strand to be cast, characterized in that the narrow side adjustment system (7) comprises at least one control element (12, 13), which acts on the adjustm
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jorn Hoffmeister, Michael Dreis, Ulrich Snadny
  • Patent number: 6942011
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mold divider for fitting in a conventional slab mold (1) having laterally adjustable narrow-side parts for selective casting of several strands with changeable strand widths. The mold divider consists of a housing (3) fixedly securable relative to the mold (1), between the broad-side plates (2) and having bilaterally adjustable, in a broad-side direction of the mold (1), adjusting organs (4), with supporting plates (5) provided at their ends and with the narrow-side heat-exchanger plates (6) arranged thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ottmar Anton, Karl Otto Liebisch, Heinz-Peter Kaiser, Michael Dreis, Edmund Becker, Alfons Krausa, Horst von Wyl