Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Melillo

Thomas J. Melillo 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).

  • Casting of metal strip
    Patent number: 5301741
    Abstract: A method of casting metal material wherein metallic metal is deposited on a foil moving underneath the feeding means for the molten metal and is supported on a supporting substrate. The foil is formed with side edges before receiving a deposit of molten metal to contain the flow of molten metal thereon in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of the foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: W. Gary Watson, Harvey P. Cheskis, Thomas J. Melillo
  • Spray casting of molten metal
    Patent number: 5143140
    Abstract: The apparatus and method for spray casting a spray of molten metal on a moving substrate. The leading edge of the spray pattern is deflected away from or into the spray pattern to eliminate the cooler and less dense particles of the leading edge from contacting the substrate. The deflector preferably has a surface of non-wetting material to prevent the build up of material thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Melillo, Michael A. D'Onofrio, W. Gary Watson, Sankaranarayanan Ashok
  • Asymmetrical gas-atomizing device and method for reducing deposite bottom surface porosity
    Patent number: 4907639
    Abstract: A molten metal gas-atomizing spray-depositing apparatus employs an asymmetrical gas-atomizing device for generating one-sided shear forces for breaking-up and atomizing a stream of molten metal into metal particles in a divergent spray pattern of higher mass density at an upstream leading peripheral portion of the spray pattern, relative to the direction of movement of a substrate, than either of a center region or downstream trailing peripheral region of the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: Sankaranarayanan Ashok, Thomas J. Melillo