Patents by Inventor Steve Montague

Steve Montague 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: 9175910
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination reforming/reducing shaft furnace for the production of direct reduced iron that utilizes one or more burden uniformity enhancers, such as one or more rotating/reciprocating mixing shafts, one or more stationary flow aids, one or more wall structures/variations, one or more agitators, or the like for ensuring that reforming and reducing in the shaft furnace take place evenly across the width of and throughout the depth of the burden in the shaft furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Midrex Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Wright, Steve Montague
  • Publication number: 20140091502
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination reforming/reducing shaft furnace for the production of direct reduced iron that utilizes one or more burden uniformity enhancers, such as one or more rotating/reciprocating mixing shafts, one or more stationary flow aids, one or more wall structures/variations, one or more agitators, or the like for ensuring that reforming and reducing in the shaft furnace take place evenly across the width of and throughout the depth of the burden in the shaft furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Travis Wright, Steve Montague