Patents by Inventor Raymond Vial

Raymond Vial 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: 4506724
    Abstract: An ingot mold with adjustable dimensions for a machine for continuously casting metal, comprising a support frame fixed on the oscillating table of the machine, two transverse walls and two longitudinal walls, connected to the support frame. The transverse walls are fixed to the support frame by application to the interior faces of the corresponding sides, and each transverse wall is provided with individual members for adjusting its thickness in accordance with the desired spacing between them. The support frame can thus be rigidly and permanently fixed on the oscillation table, the dimensions of the casting cavity being determined merely by adjustment of the thickness of the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Cledid S.A.
    Inventor: Raymond Vial
  • Patent number: 4223719
    Abstract: A roller apron for a continuous casting installation, especially for casting steel strands, for supporting a partially solidified strand, which comprises a number of successive pairs of rolls which follow one another in the direction of travel of the strand. The bearings of at least one roll are arranged at a traverse or crosshead extending essentially parallel to the lengthwise axes of the rolls. The traverse can be applied against stops governing the format or cross-sectional thickness of the strand and coacting at both ends with pivotable levers articulated at the machine frame and at a movement device. The movement device comprises a power source interconnecting both of the pivotable levers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Assignee: Concast AG
    Inventors: Hans Riederer, Adolf Fuchs, Raymond Vial
  • Patent number: 4131154
    Abstract: A roller apron or strand guide assembly for a continuous casting installation for casting metals, especially steel, in particular equipped with driving- and/or straightening rollers, wherein in the direction of travel of the strand immediately following pairs of rollers are mutually independently displaceable along comb-like arranged guides dispositioned to both sides of the machine frame transversely with respect to the direction of travel of the cast strand. The bearings of both rollers of a roller pair are each mounted upon a transverse support, which transverse support cooperates with the comb-like arranged guides and can be moved by pressure cylinder means. Further, at least the transverse support can be adjusted by non-driven rollers against stops provided at the machine frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: Concast AG
    Inventors: Raymond Vial, Herbert Fastert, Heinrich Marti
  • Patent number: 3977579
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting the operating position of casting vessels during the continuous casting of metals, especially steel, the casting vessels being arranged at a pivotable transport mechanism. There is provided a drive for pivoting such transport mechanism and a locking device for the operating position. The locking device embodies mechanism for adjusting the casting vessel in different operating positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Concast AG
    Inventors: Heinrich Marti, Jacques Barbe, Pierre Gay, Raymond Vial