US PATENT SUBCLASS 75 / 491
.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ With melting Iron(Fe) product outside shaft furnace


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75 /   HD   SPECIALIZED METALLURGICAL PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN, CONSOLIDATED METAL POWDER COMPOSITIONS, AND LOOSE METAL PARTICULATE MIXTURES

330  DF  PROCESSES {9}
392  DF  .~ Producing or treating free metal {10}
414  DF  .~.~ At 300 degrees C or greater (e.g., pyrometallurgy, etc.) {7}
433  DF  .~.~.~ Iron(Fe) {18}
488  DF  .~.~.~.~ Reduction to metallic Iron(Fe) within shaft furnace {2}
489  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Externally supplied gas reductant {1}
490  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ Solid Iron(Fe) produced within shaft furnace {4}
491.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ With melting Iron(Fe) product outside shaft furnace {1}
492  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~.~>.~ With gasification of solid carbonaceous material in melt (e.g., coal, etc.)


DEFINITION

Classification: 75/491

With melting Iron (Fe) product outside shaft furnace:

(under subclass 490) Process wherein the solid Iron (Fe) produced in the shaft furnace is melted outside the shaft furnace.