Patents by Inventor Valentin Casado

Valentin Casado 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).

  • Publication number: 20220226939
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pyrometallurgical process for producing a crude solder comprising at least 9.5-69% wt of tin and at least 25% wt lead, at least 80% tin and lead together, 0.08-12% wt of copper, 0.15-7% wt of antimony, 0.012-1.5% wt of bismuth, 0.010-1.1% wt of zinc, at most 3% wt of arsenic, at most 2.8% wt of nickel, at most 0.7% wt of zinc, at most 7.5% wt of iron and at most 0.5% wt of aluminium, from a feedstock selected in terms of its levels of Sn, Cu, Sb, Bi, Zn, As, Ni and Pb, the process comprising at least the steps of obtaining in a furnace a liquid bath of metal and slag, introducing a reducing agent and optionally also energy, separating the crude solder from the slag and removing liquid from the furnace. The crude solder may readily be further prepared to become suitable as feedstock for vacuum distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: METALLO BELGIUM
    Inventors: Valentin Casado, Luis Martinez, Bert Coletti, Jan Dirk A. Goris, Yves De Visscher, Charles Geenen
  • Publication number: 20210205934
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pyrometallurgical process for producing a crude solder from a feedstock selected in terms of its levels of Sn, Cu, Sb, Bi, Zn, As, Ni and Pb, the process comprising at least the steps of obtaining in a furnace a liquid bath of metal and slag, introducing a reducing agent and optionally also energy, separating the crude solder from the slag and removing liquid from the furnace. Further disclosed is a crude solder comprising at least 9.5-69% wt of tin and at least 25% wt lead, at least 80% tin and lead together, 0.08-12% wt of copper, 0.15-7% wt of antimony, 0.012-1.5% wt of bismuth, 0.010-1.1% wt of zinc, at most 3% wt of arsenic, at most 2.8% wt of nickel, at most 0.7% wt of zinc, at most 7.5% wt of iron and at most 0.5% wt of aluminium. The crude solder may readily be further prepared to become suitable as feedstock for vacuum distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: METALLO BELGIUM
    Inventors: Valentin Casado, Luis Martinez, Bert Coletti, Jan Dirk A. Goris, Yves De Visscher, Charles Geenen