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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eberhard Steinmetz, Bochum, DT;
Jurgen Kuhn, Bochum, DT;
Assignee:
Fried. Krupp Huttenwerke AG, Bochum, DT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
266215 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for the continuous production of steel comprising a generally vertical shaft melting zone having a floor, a generally horizontally running refining zone in fluid communication with a lower region of said vertical shaft, the floor of said refining zone disposed at an inclination with respect to the floor of said shaft, said horizontally running refining zone being in fluid communication with an oxidation zone comprising a well disposed below the level of the floor of said horizontally running refining zone.