Patents by Inventor Rodney Murison Whyte

Rodney Murison Whyte 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).

  • Metal vapour condensation and liquid metal withdrawal
    Patent number: 7641711
    Abstract: Liquid metal is continuously recovered by condensing metal vapour in a sealed system, more or less at atmospheric pressure, and collecting liquid metal in a crucible. The contents of the crucible are agitated and the temperature is controlled to prevent the liquid metal from solidifying. Liquid metal and dross are tapped from the crucible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Mintek
    Inventors: Albert Francois Simon Schoukens, Thomas Robert Curr, Masud Abdellatif, Rodney Murison Whyte
  • Metal Vapour Condensation and Liquid Metal Withdrawal
    Publication number: 20080115626
    Abstract: Liquid metal is continuously recovered by condensing metal vapour in a sealed system, more or less at atmospheric pressure, and collecting liquid metal in a crucible. The contents of the crucible are agitated and the temperature is controlled to prevent the liquid metal from solidifying. Liquid metal and dross are tapped from the crucible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: MINTEK
    Inventors: Albert Francois Simon Schoukens, Thomas Robert Curr, Masud Abdellatif, Rodney Murison Whyte
  • Arc furnace protection
    Patent number: 6246712
    Abstract: An arc furnace which includes a shell with a hearth, a roof for the shell, the roof including a plurality of segments which are substantially electrically isolated from each other and from the shell, an electrode and a refractory section on the roof, and wherein the refractory section is at least partly electrically conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventors: Rodney Murison Whyte, Edwin Harm Roos, Andrew Bryan Johnston, Jan Abraham Ferreira, Dirk Renaat Gabriel Faveere, Anthony Wayne Wewege