Y10S 266/90
Metal melting furnaces
Official title: Metal melting furnaces, e.g. cupola type
Y10S266/90 (Metal melting furnaces) appears on 117 US grants and 24 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10S- Granted patents
- 117
- Published applications
- 24
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
- 195
- Latest grant
- 3 Jun 2014
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for melting metal3 Jun 2014US 8,741,213 B2Fives North American Combustion, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for melting metal10 Apr 2012US 8,153,049 B2Fives North American Combustion, Inc.
- Method of building a direct smelting plant8 Mar 2011US 7,901,616 B2Technological Resources Pty. Limited
- Furnaces and methods of melting6 Apr 2010US 7,691,322 B2EMP Technologies Limited
- Systems and methods of electromagnetic influence on electroconducting continuum9 Mar 2010US 7,675,959 B2Energetics Technologies, L.L.C.
- Method and Apparatus for Melting Metal14 Jun 2012US 2012/0146268 A1Fives North American Combustion, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for melting metal17 Dec 2009US 2009/0309276 A1Fives North American Combustion, Inc.
- Melting Apparatus and Method2 Oct 2008US 2008/0236338 A1Advanced Magnesium Technologies Pty Ltd
- Furnaces and methods of melting31 Jan 2008US 2008/0023891 A1EMP Technologies Limited
- Method of Building a Direct Smelting Plant15 Nov 2007US 2007/0261321 A1Technological Resources Pty. Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Aluminum scrap melting process and apparatus123US 6,074,455 AMetaullics Systems Co., L.P. · 2000
- Process and apparatus for introducing metal chips into a molten metal bath thereof106US 4,702,768 APre-Melt Systems, Inc. · 1987
- Apparatus for melting molten material73US 6,109,062 A2000
- Vertical shaft melting furnace and method of melting65US 4,877,449 AInstitute of Gas Technology · 1989
- Apparatus for melting molten material64US 6,357,264 B12002