Patents by Inventor Michael R. Cuccia

Michael R. Cuccia 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).

  • Dry scrubbing tar and fluoride laden gases
    Patent number: 3992176
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of treating tar and fluoride laden gases for the removal of tar and fluorides therefrom, particularly the cell off-gases from a Soderberg reduction cell, an anode baking furnace and the like wherein reduction-grade alumina is entrained in the tar and fluoride laden gases and then this mixture is passed through a foraminous plate above which is maintained a turbulent mass of alumina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1974
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Philip W. Bohne, Michael R. Cuccia, Tom S. Moughon, Jr.