The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
David B George, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Kennecott Holdings Company, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75382 ; 75643 ; 75644 ; 75645 ;
Abstract
Solidified copper matte is used as a coolant to moderate or reduce the temperature of a bath of molten blister copper resident within a continuous, top-blown converter. In one embodiment, the addition of solidified copper matte to a bath of molten blister copper resident within a continuous, top-blown converter increases the throughput of the converter.