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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:
Oct. 13, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew J Blair, Niles, OH (US);
Thomas A Wiktorowski, Parma Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Republic Steel Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
266 46 ; 75 60 ; 266158 ; 266243 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making steel in a basic oxygen furnace installation, in which water is sprayed from a central location within and at the open end of an exhaust hood 12 outwardly toward the inside hood surface to cool the hood and wet the off-gases during a blow. A ring-like spray manifold 22 is supported on an oxygen lance 14 for automatic insertion to the proper location in the hood, for removal with the lance, and for automatic operation concurrently with the supplying of oxygen.