Patents by Inventor Per Gunnar Strand

Per Gunnar Strand 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: 8128726
    Abstract: A method and a device for admixture of powder in a liquid, whereby the method comprises that the liquid in a supply (14), influenced by underpressure in a crucible (12) to which the liquid is to be transferred, flows through a drain tube (6) out of the supply (14), the powder is dosed from a powder receptacle (1) and is driven by a gas, and the mixture of powder and gas is added to the liquid in the drain tube (6) and mixed therewith, whereupon the mixture flows into the crucible (12). The device comprises a supply (14) from which the liquid may flow and a receptacle (1) with powder, whereby a drain tube (6) connects the supply (14) with a receiving receptacle (12) which can be held at an inner underpressure. A device (4) for supply of a driving gas for the powder is connected to a mixing chamber (3) at an outlet from the powder receptacle (1), while the mixing chamber (3) is connected to the drain tube (6) for supply of powder to the liquid flowing in the drain tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Heggset Teknologi AS
    Inventors: Bjarne Anders Heggset, Per Gunnar Strand, Jo Henrik Vaagland
  • Publication number: 20100050815
    Abstract: A method and a device for admixture of powder in a liquid, whereby the method comprises that the liquid in a supply (14), influenced by underpressure in a crucible (12) to which the liquid is to be transferred, flows through a drain tube (6) out of the supply (14), the powder is dosed from a powder receptacle (1) and is driven by a gas, and the mixture of powder and gas is added to the liquid in the drain tube (6) and mixed therewith, whereupon the mixture flows into the crucible (12). The device comprises a supply (14) from which the liquid may flow and a receptacle (1) with powder, whereby a drain tube (6) connects the supply (14) with a receiving receptacle (12) which can be held at an inner underpressure. A device (4) for supply of a driving gas for the powder is connected to a mixing chamber (3) at an outlet from the powder receptacle (1), while the mixing chamber (3) is connected to the drain tube (6) for supply of powder to the liquid flowing in the drain tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Heggset Teknologi AS
    Inventors: Bjarne Anders Heggset, Per Gunnar Strand
  • Patent number: 6488743
    Abstract: Equipment for the treatment of a liquid such as a metal melt has one or more rotors (5) for the supply of gas and/or particulate material to the liquid in a reaction chamber (1). The reaction chamber (1) is closed and has an inlet (3) and an outlet (13) and is designed to be placed under a vacuum. The outlet (13) communicates with another chamber or outlet passage (2). The equipment may have several reaction chambers (1, 2) arranged in series. The first reaction chamber (1) then communicates with the second reaction chamber (2), the second reaction chamber with a third, etc. via an opening (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Norsk Hydro ASA
    Inventors: Karl Venås, Pål Christian Skaret, Per Gunnar Strand, Erling Myrbostad, Idar Steen
  • Patent number: 6471912
    Abstract: A device in connection with a rotor (9) for the treatment of a liquid such as molten metal in a reactor (20) or similar structure. Gas and/or particulate material is supplied to the liquid, preferably via the rotor shaft (8) and through openings (18) from a cavity (16) in the rotor. The rotor shaft (8) extends up through the base of the reactor (20) and is arranged so that it may rotate inside a stator pipe (3) which extends up from the base of the reactor. The rotor shaft and the stator pipe extend through an opening (21) in the lower side of the rotor (9) and into the cavity (16) in the rotor. Expediently, the rotor shaft (8) is connected to the rotor (9) via a fixing device (13) inside the rotor cavity, while the stator pipe (3) ends in the cavity (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Norsk Hydro ASA
    Inventors: Bjarne Heggseth, John Olav Fagerli, Eddy Steinar Dale, Per Gunnar Strand, Karl Venås
  • Publication number: 20010017434
    Abstract: A device in connection with a rotor (9) for the treatment of a liquid such as molten metal in a reactor (20) or similar. Gas and/or particulate material is supplied to the liquid, preferably via the rotor shaft (8) and through openings (18) from a cavity (16) in the rotor. The rotor shaft (8) extends up through the base of the reactor (20) and is arranged so that it may rotate inside a stator pipe (3) which extends up from the base of the reactor. The rotor shaft and the stator pipe extend through an opening (21) in the lower side of the rotor (9) and into the cavity (16) in the rotor. Expediently, the rotor shaft (8) is connected to the rotor (9) via a fixing device (13) inside the rotor cavity, while the stator pipe (3) ends in the cavity (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Bjarne Heggseth, John Olav Fagerli, Eddy Steinar Dale, Per Gunnar Strand, Karl Venas