Patents by Inventor Pometto Virginio

Pometto Virginio 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).

  • Method and plant for the rolling of a continuous billet fed from a billet-heating furnace set upstream of a roll train
    Patent number: 6402010
    Abstract: The invention regards a method for rolling a continuous billet (15) fed from a billet-heating furnace (10) set upstream of a roll train, in which, between the furnace (10) and a first stand (11) of the roll train is provided an operation of welding, during, billet movement, of the head of each billet (14), which has come out of the furnace (10) along an axis (12) of exit from the furnace, to the tail of the billet (15) being rolled, which is proceeding along a rolling axis (13). The aforesaid welding operation is carried out along the rolling axis (13) which is staggered with respect to the axis (12) of exit from the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Techint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pometto Virginio, Gianfranco Mantovan
  • Method and plant for rolling multiple billets fed from a billet-heating furnace set upstream of a roll train
    Patent number: 6371358
    Abstract: The invention regards a method for rolling billets fed from a billet-heating furnace (10) set upstream of a roll train, in which, between the furnace (10) and a first stand (11) of the roll train is provided a space for transfer of the billets coming out of the furnace. In the space between the furnace (10) and the stand (11) at least two billets (15, 14) are welded together and subsequently introduced into said stand (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Techint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pometto Virginio, Colombo Enrico