MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517044988 A) filed by Vesuvius Group S. A., Ghlin, Belgium, on May 9, for 'gas purge plug and system for easy installation of the gas purge plug in a metallurgical vessel.'
Inventor(s) include Mckinney Matthew; Walker John; and Insana Jeffrey.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention concerns a system for easy installation of a gas purge plug (1) in an opening (15) in a wall (11w) of a metallurgical vessel (11). The system comprises ?? a gas purge plug equipped with a plug coupling element (1 c) ?? an insertion rod (2) equipped with a rod coupling element (2c) complementary with the plug coupling element (1c) to assemble the gas purge plug and insertion rod to form a rigid plug / rod assembly extending along a longitudinal axis (X). ?? A rail assembly configured for receiving the plug / rod assembly and for guiding the gas purge plug into an opening at an accurate operational position. The insertion rod (2) is also equipped with at least two locking blades (2b) configured for engaging into corresponding catcher elements (12) provided at a periphery of the opening (15) to block the position of the plug / rod assembly along the longitudinal axis (X)."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 23, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/082890.
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