Patents by Inventor Thomas Peter Battle

Thomas Peter Battle 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).

  • ORE REDUCTION PROCESS AND TITANIUM OXIDE AND IRON METALLIZATION PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20100285326
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a process for producing separable iron and titanium oxides from an ore containing titanium oxide and ferric oxide, comprising: (a) forming agglomerates comprising carbon-based materials and the ore, the quantity of carbon of the agglomerates being sufficient for, at an elevated temperature, reducing ferric oxide to ferrous oxide and forming a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag, (b) introducing the agglomerates onto a carbon bed of a moving hearth furnace; (c) heating the agglomerates in the moving hearth furnace to a temperature sufficient for reducing and melting the agglomerates to produce a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag; (d) metallizing the ferrous oxide of the molten slag by reaction of the ferrous oxide and the carbon of the carbon bed at a furnace temperature sufficient for maintaining the slag in a molten state; and (e) solidifying the slag after metallization of the ferrous oxide to form a matrix of titanium oxide-rich slag having a plurality of metallic iron granules distri
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: JOHN JAMES BARNES, Stephen Erwin Lyke, Dat Nguyen, Mitsutaka Hino, Akira Uragami, Isao Kobayashi, Thomas Peter Battle, Joseph M. Shekiro, JR.
  • Ore reduction process and titanium oxide and iron metallization product
    Patent number: 7780756
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a process for producing separable iron and titanium oxides from an ore containing titanium oxide and ferric oxide, comprising: (a) forming agglomerates comprising carbon-based materials and the ore, the quantity of carbon of the agglomerates being sufficient for, at an elevated temperature, reducing ferric oxide to ferrous oxide and forming a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag, (b) introducing the agglomerates onto a carbon bed of a moving hearth furnace; (c) heating the agglomerates in the moving hearth furnace to a temperature sufficient for reducing and melting the agglomerates to produce a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag; (d) metallizing the ferrous oxide of the molten slag by reaction of the ferrous oxide and the carbon of the carbon bed at a furnace temperature sufficient for maintaining the slag in a molten state; and (e) solidifying the slag after metallization of the ferrous oxide to form a matrix of titanium oxide-rich slag having a plurality of metallic iron granules distri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: John James Barnes, Stephen Erwin Lyke, Dat Nguyen, Akira Uragami, Isao Kobayashi, Mitsutaka Hino, Thomas Peter Battle, Joseph M. Shekiro, Jr.
  • ORE REDUCTION PROCESS AND TITANIUM OXIDE AND IRON METALLIZATION PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20090217784
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a process for producing separable iron and titanium oxides from an ore containing titanium oxide and ferric oxide, comprising: (a) forming agglomerates comprising carbon-based materials and the ore, the quantity of carbon of the agglomerates being sufficient for, at an elevated temperature, reducing ferric oxide to ferrous oxide and forming a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag, (b) introducing the agglomerates onto a carbon bed of a moving hearth furnace; (c) heating the agglomerates in the moving hearth furnace to a temperature sufficient for reducing and melting the agglomerates to produce a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag; (d) metallizing the ferrous oxide of the molten slag by reaction of the ferrous oxide and the carbon of the carbon bed at a furnace temperature sufficient for maintaining the slag in a molten state; and (e) solidifying the slag after metallization of the ferrous oxide to form a matrix of titanium oxide-rich slag having a plurality of metallic iron granules distri
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: John James Barnes, Stephen Erwin Lyke, Dat Nguyen, Mitsutaka Hino, Akira Uragami, Isao Kobayashi, Thomas Peter Battle, Joseph M. Shekiro, JR.