F27D 3/16
Introducing a fluid jet or current into the charge
Official title: Introducing a fluid jet or current into the charge (F27D3/18 takes precedence)
F27D3/16 (Introducing a fluid jet or current into the charge) appears on 399 US grants and 365 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F27D- Granted patents
- 399
- Published applications
- 365
- Assignees
- 249
- Inventors
- 889
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2024 | 11 | 15 |
| 2025 | 7 | 11 |
| 2026 | 8 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gas injection device7 Jul 2026US 12,674,224 B2SMS group GmbH
- Process for the commercial production of high-quality catalyst materials21 Apr 2026US 12,607,408 B2Greyrock Technology, LLC
- Method for simultaneously injecting a fuel gas and an oxygen-rich gas into a unit14 Apr 2026US 12,601,022 B2SMS group GmbH
- Oxygen lance guiding assembly7 Apr 2026US 12,595,964 B2Tmt Tapping-Measuring-Technology Sarl
- Coupling and rotor shaft for molten metal devices24 Feb 2026US 12,560,169 B2Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC
- Gas injection device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308714 A1SMS group GmbH
- Molten steel manufacturing method and arc furnace20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242884 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- Gas purge plug and system for easy installation of the gas purge plug in a metallurgical vessel9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194160 A1Vesuvius Group S. A.
- Method and apparatus for co-injecting carbon-based particulate and oxygen-based gas streams into a liquid bath25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176709 A1
- A method of treating a silicon carbide bearing material25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176714 A1Sibanye Stillwater Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dispersing gas into molten metal131US 4,954,167 A1990
- Method for producing hydrocarbon gas from waste126US 5,395,405 AMolten Metal Technology, Inc. · 1995
- Method and apparatus for injection of a liquid waste into a molten bath124US 5,436,210 AMolten Metal Technology, Inc. · 1995
- Molten metal degassing device and impellers therefor121US 6,689,310 B12004
- Feed processing employing dispersed molten droplets114US 5,744,117 AMolten Metal Technology, Inc. · 1998