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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Applicant:
Masahiko Tetsumoto, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventor:
Masahiko Tetsumoto, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Midrex Technologies, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 11/10 (2006.01); C22B 11/08 (2006.01); C21C 5/56 (2006.01); F27B 3/08 (2006.01); C21B 13/06 (2006.01); C22B 5/02 (2006.01); C21C 5/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 5/02 (2013.01); C21C 5/567 (2013.01); F27B 3/085 (2013.01); C21B 13/06 (2013.01); C21C 5/5252 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a smelting operation or the like, by which molten metal is produced from a metal oxide after metal oxide agglomerates are directly reduced and melted with a carbonaceous material in an electric heating and melting furnace. More specifically, the present invention relates to an electric furnace for producing molten metal that has material recycling capability, especially in-process material recycling capability.