Patents by Inventor Zane T. VOSS

Zane T. VOSS 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).

  • Binding process for pyrophoric steelmaking byproducts
    Patent number: 10907225
    Abstract: Stabilized volatile briquettes and processes and apparatuses for making and using the same are provided. The stabilized volatile briquette includes a volatile material and a thermoplastic binder material such that the thermoplastic binder material binds the volatile material together to define a briquette that is stable. The process includes mixing a volatile waste material and a thermoplastic binder material to form a briquette mixture, shearing the briquette mixture, extruding the briquette mixture to form a thermoplastic briquette extrusion, and hardening the thermoplastic briquette extrusion to form a stabilized volatile briquette. The apparatus includes an extruder, a heating portion operably connected to the extruder, and a heated die operably connected to the heating portion such that the extruder, the heating portion, and the heated die are configured to gradually heat a thermoplastic binder material such that the thermoplastic binder material binds a provided volatile material together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: JC Steele & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. Steele, Richard B. Steele, James F. Falter, Zane T. Voss
  • BINDING PROCESS FOR PYROPHORIC STEELMAKING BYPRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20180237870
    Abstract: Stabilized volatile briquettes and processes and apparatuses for making and using the same are provided. The stabilized volatile briquette includes a volatile material and a thermoplastic binder material such that the thermoplastic binder material binds the volatile material together to define a briquette that is stable. The process includes mixing a volatile waste material and a thermoplastic binder material to form a briquette mixture, shearing the briquette mixture, extruding the briquette mixture to form a thermoplastic briquette extrusion, and hardening the thermoplastic briquette extrusion to form a stabilized volatile briquette. The apparatus includes an extruder, a heating portion operably connected to the extruder, and a heated die operably connected to the heating portion such that the extruder, the heating portion, and the heated die are configured to gradually heat a thermoplastic binder material such that the thermoplastic binder material binds a provided volatile material together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Charles M. STEELE, Richard B. STEELE, James F. FALTER, Zane T. VOSS