Process for the manufacture of steel

Claim 1

A PROCESS OF PRODUCING STEEL FROM SCRAP, IRON OXIDES AND MOLTEN PIG IRON IN AN ELECTRIC FURANCE COMPRISING, CHARGING THE FURNACE WITH NON-PREHEATED STEEL SCRAP;EMBEDDING DURING SAID CHARGING INTO SAID SCRAP LAYERS OF IRON OXIDES MIXED WITH SLAG-FORMING AGENTS, SAID LAYERS BEING PLACED IN LIMITED REGIONS DISPOSED BELOW THE ELECTRODES; CHARGING MOLTEN PIG IRON ONTO THE BOTTOM OF SAID FURNACE UNTIL THE CHMBER OF SAID FURANCE IS SUBSTANTIALLY FILLED WITH SAID CHARGE CONSISTING OF SAID NON-PREHEATED STEEL SCRAP, SAID LAYERS OF IRON OXIDES AND SAID MOLTEN PIG IRON; MELTING DOWN THE SOLID PART OF SAID CHARGE UNTIL THE CREATERS ORIGINATING IN SAID SOLID PART BELOW THE ELECTRODES HAVE DISAPPERARED, WHEREBY THE IRON OXIDES OF SAID LAYERS WHILE PASSING THROUGH SAID CREATES DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF SAID MOLTEN PIG IRON ARE REDUCED AND THE WHOLE CHARGE IS BROUGH INTO THE LIQUID STATE; THE HEATING OF THE MOLTEN CHARGE THEN BEING CONTINUED AND THE CHARGE BEING CONVERTED INTO HIGH-QUALITY STEEL BY REFINING.