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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:
Aug. 01, 1995
Filed:
May. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David C Meissner, Charlotte, NC (US);
Winston L Tennies, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Midrex International B.V. Rotterdam, Zurich Branch, Zurich, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B / ; F27D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75490 ; 75496 ; 266140 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the production of iron carbide in a shaft furnace, by reacting a carbon containing reducing gas as the process gas with particulate metal oxide material for an extended residence time at low temperature.