Patents by Inventor Zdenek Klimt

Zdenek Klimt 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).

  • Induction apparatus for heating edge portion of billet
    Patent number: 4857687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for heating billets, strip or sheet-metal, the device including one or more inductive edge heaters to heat the edges of a billet on its way from a continous casting machine, or strip or sheet-metal coming from a hot-rolling mill, arranged to surround the outer parts of the edges in order to heat them. The induction heater(s) comprises(s) one or more flat spiral element(s) (1) bent around the side edges of the billet, etc, and also at least one vertically placed, flat coil (4), located substantially parallel with the side edge (5) of the billet, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Asea Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Lars Andersson, Zdenek Klimt