Patents by Inventor William J. Hively

William J. Hively 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).

  • Patent number: 4039174
    Abstract: A reline tower is supported by a wheeled car for movement along rails while the tower extends in a vertically-spaced relation below the bottom opening in Q-BOP type of metallurgical furnace which is supported for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis. When the tower is supported on the car for a tilting type of pivotal movement, a control system synchronizes tilting movement of the tower in relation to both displacement by the car along the rails and pivotal movement of the metallurgical furnace whereby the tower is moved into a generally upright position while the upper end of the towerextends within the metallurgical furnace. The entire tower is either pivotally attached to the wheeled car or the tower is divided into a lower straight section carried by the car to pivotally support an upper tower section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: Fordees Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford A. Poff, William J. Hively, Kenneth J. Novacich