Patents by Inventor Phillip J. Mackey

Phillip J. Mackey 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).

  • Process and apparatus for continuous converting of copper and non-ferrous mattes
    Patent number: 4544141
    Abstract: A continuous process and apparatus for converting non-ferrous mattes is disclosed. The process comprises feeding continuously or intermittently a liquid matte into a furnace while continuously blowing air, oxygen or oxygen-enriched air into the melt contained in the furnace at a rate in balance with the rate of liquid feed matte and the desired degree of oxidation, introducing flux into the furnace at a rate in balance with the feed matte and air, oxygen or oxygen-enriched air, and removing slag from the top of the melt and a refined product from beneath the melt while continuously blowing air, oxygen or oxygen-enriched air through the melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1985
    Assignee: Noranda Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip J. Mackey, J. Barry W. Bailey
  • Process and apparatus for continuous converting of copper and non-ferrous mattes
    Patent number: 4504309
    Abstract: A continuous process and apparatus for converting non-ferrous mattes is disclosed. The process comprises feeding continuously or intermittently a liquid matte into a furnace while continuously blowing air, oxygen or oxygen-enriched air into the melt contained in the furnace at a rate in balance with the rate of liquid feed matte and the desired degree of oxidation, introducing flux into the furnace at a rate in balance with the feed matte and air, oxygen or oxygen-enriched air, and removing slag from the top of the melt and a refined product from beneath the melt while continuously blowing air, oxygen or oxygen-enriched air through the melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Noranda Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip J. Mackey, J. Barry W. Bailey