Patents by Inventor Ted Haines

Ted Haines 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).

  • Batch charge conveying systems for electric induction furnaces
    Patent number: 10801778
    Abstract: A batch charge conveying system is provided for multiple electric induction furnaces where each one of the multiple furnaces has a separate charge conveying apparatus. An assembled batch charge is loaded on a single assembled batch charge transport apparatus that selectively delivers the assembled batch charge to a separate charge conveying apparatus associated with one of the multiple electric induction furnaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: INDUCTOTHERM CORP.
    Inventors: Ted Haines, Satyen N. Prabhu, Nikita Skorodinski
  • Electric Induction Furnace With Lining Wear Detection System
    Publication number: 20200191486
    Abstract: An electric induction furnace for heating and melting electrically conductive materials is provided with a lining wear detection system that can detect replaceable furnace lining wear when the furnace is properly operated and maintained. In some embodiments of the invention the lining wear detection system utilizes an electrically conductive wire assemblage embedded in a wire assemblage refractory disposed between the replaceable lining and the furnace's induction coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Satyen N. PRABHU, Thomas W. SHORTER, Ted HAINES, Edward J. BELL
  • Electric induction furnace lining wear detection system
    Patent number: 10598439
    Abstract: An electric induction furnace for heating and melting electrically conductive materials is provided with a lining wear detection system that can detect replaceable furnace lining wear when the furnace is properly operated and maintained. In some embodiments of the invention the lining wear detection system utilizes an electrically conductive wire assemblage embedded in a wire assemblage refractory disposed between the replaceable lining and the furnace's induction coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: INDUCTOTHERM CORP.
    Inventors: Satyen N. Prabhu, Thomas W. Shorter, Ted Haines, Edward J. Bell
  • BATCH CHARGE CONVEYING SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC INDUCTION FURNACES
    Publication number: 20170030648
    Abstract: A batch charge conveying system is provided for multiple electric induction furnaces where each one of the multiple furnaces has a separate charge conveying apparatus. An assembled batch charge is loaded on a single assembled batch charge transport apparatus that selectively delivers the assembled batch charge to a separate charge conveying apparatus associated with one of the multiple electric induction furnaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: TED HAINES, SATYEN N. PRABHU, NIKITA SKORODINSKI
  • Electric Induction Furnace Lining Wear Detection System
    Publication number: 20160334164
    Abstract: An electric induction furnace for heating and melting electrically conductive materials is provided with a lining wear detection system that can detect replaceable furnace lining wear when the furnace is properly operated and maintained. In some embodiments of the invention the lining wear detection system utilizes an electrically conductive wire assemblage embedded in a wire assemblage refractory disposed between the replaceable lining and the furnace's induction coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Satyen N. PRABHU, Thomas W. SHORTER, Ted HAINES, Edward J. BELL
  • Vibratory conveyor with side-mounted drivers
    Patent number: 6041915
    Abstract: A vibratory conveyor assembly including a material transporting trough driven by oscillating motion which imparts a force causing materials located in the trough to be advanced. The conveyor includes a continuous, unitary saddle plate attached about the trough perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the trough. Actuators are coupled to the saddle plate which imparts the oscillating force to the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Inductotherm Corp.
    Inventors: Oleg S. Fishman, Ted Haines