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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Michael James Strelbisky, Burlington, CA;
Andrew Peter Richardson, Clinton, NJ (US);
Mark Alan Wilkinson, Lincoln, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael James Strelbisky, Burlington, CA;
Andrew Peter Richardson, Clinton, NJ (US);
Mark Alan Wilkinson, Lincoln, MA (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A metallurgical lance for introducing gas into a volume of molten material in a furnace includes a head having a bore extending therethrough, a mounting assembly at the head in the bore, and a nozzle detachably secured to the mounting assembly by a connection, the nozzle adapted to coact with a tool releasably engagable with the nozzle to insert and withdraw same from the lance head through the bore without dismantling the nozzle.