Patents by Inventor Richard D. Wileman

Richard D. Wileman 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 for continuously casting a strip of alloyed metal
    Patent number: 4050502
    Abstract: An arrangement is provided for feeding a liquid alloyed metal under protective atmosphere into a high speed continuous casting machine for casting a strip of alloyed metal, preferably calcium lead which is subsequently formed into battery grids and the like. The arrangement includes atmosphere tight holding and melting pots constructed of steel plates with submerged electrical heating elements, a level control arrangement for the liquid baths therein and a skid ramp in the melting pot for charging metal hogs therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignee: Midland-Ross Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome B. Allyn, Richard D. Wileman, John Kozak
  • Melting pot apparatus for use in a continuous casting process
    Patent number: 4010939
    Abstract: An arrangement is provided for feeding a liquid alloyed metal under protective atmosphere into a high speed continuous casting machine for casting a strip of alloyed metal, preferably calcium lead which is subsequently formed into battery grids and the like. The arrangement includes a melting pot and specifically a resilient skid ramp in the melting pot which permits metal hogs to be charged into the melting pot in a nondestructive manner while supporting the hog at a fixed level in the melting pot bath to insure homogeneous mixing of the alloyed elements in the hog during melting thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Assignee: Midland-Ross Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome B. Allyn, Richard D. Wileman, John Kozak