Patents by Inventor William E. Meinking

William E. Meinking 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).

  • Method of making a furnace lining with a fiber filled reticulated ceramic
    Patent number: 5049324
    Abstract: A method of making an insulating furnace lining by forming a reticulated ceramic having interconnected webs defining a plurality of interconnected pores and a plurality of fibers distributed within substantially all of the pores in a selected volume of the reticulated ceramic. The reticulated ceramic is arranged to form at least a portion of a furnace lining. The reticulated ceramic and the fibers may be oxides, ceramics, carbides, nitrides, silicides, borides, carbon and mixtures thereof. The fibers form a batt which fills at least a portion of the pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Hi-Tech Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Morris, William E. Meinking
  • Vibratable refractory mix and binder therefor
    Patent number: 4508835
    Abstract: Vibratable, monolithic refractory mixes useful to form linings for receptacles and related apparatus components used to handle or treat molten metal, such as ladles, tundishes, troughs and runners, including novel binders therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Kaniuk, William E. Meinking, Jeffrey R. Morris