Patents by Inventor Walter E. Galin

Walter E. Galin 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).

  • Alloys from manganese nodules
    Patent number: 4043806
    Abstract: A method of recovering metal values from deep sea manganese nodules. A liquid reductant such as bunker-C oil is utilized as a reducing agent.As a result of the efficient contact between the liquid reducing agent and the nodules, little prior preparation of the nodules is required to recover a high percentage of copper, nickel, cobalt and molybdenum.A new series of metal alloys are produced in the selective reduction of the nodules, the major phase being iron-rich nickel, one minor phase being 80-90% copper and the other minor phase being a combination of manganese, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt and iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Assignee: Kennecott Copper Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas C. Wilder, Walter E. Galin
  • Reduction smelting of manganese nodules with a liquid reductant
    Patent number: 3957485
    Abstract: A method of recovering metal values from deep sea manganese nodules. A liquid reductant such as bunker-C oil is utilized as a reducing agent.As a result of the efficient contact between the liquid reducing agent and the nodules, little prior preparation of the nodules is required to recover a high percentage of copper, nickel, cobalt and molybdenum.A new series of metal alloys are produced in the selective reduction of the nodules, the major phase being iron-rich nickel, one minor phase being 80-90% copper and the other minor phase being a combination of manganese, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt and iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Kennecott Copper Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas C. Wilder, Walter E. Galin
  • Process and apparatus for producing thin copper foils on a molybdenum or TZM alloy drum
    Patent number: 3930962
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for producing thin copper foils by electroplating the copper onto a rotating drum serving as a cathode where the surface of the rotating drum is molybdenum or TZM alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: Kennecott Copper Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn M. Cook, Walter E. Galin