Patents by Inventor Volodimir Vodyanyuk

Volodimir Vodyanyuk 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).

  • Magnetic containment of hot dip coating bath
    Patent number: 6159293
    Abstract: A hot dip coating system comprises a bath of molten coating metal contained in a vessel having a strip passage opening located below the top surface of the bath. A metal strip is directed along a path extending through the strip passage opening and through the bath of molten coating metal, to coat the strip. An electromagnet is employed to prevent the escape of the bulk of the molten coating metal from the bath through the strip passage opening while permitting the strip to move along its path. Expedients are provided to reduce leakage of molten coating metal through the strip passage opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Inland Steel Company
    Inventors: Anatoly Kolesnichenko, Volodimir Vodyanyuk, James J. Deegan, William A. Carter, Philip G. Martin