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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
Systems Spray-cooled, Inc., Smyrna, TN (US);
Scott A. Ferguson, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Systems Spray-Cooled, Inc., Smyrna, TN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a metallurgical furnace and roof having a drain system. The roof has a roof body comprising a top surface having a center opening, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and an outer sidewall connecting the top surface to the bottom surface. The outer sidewall, the bottom surface and the top surface define an interior portion. An internal spray cooling system is disposed in the interior portion of the body. A drain system is integral with the body. The drain system has a roof evacuation conduit disposed outside the interior portion and configured to collect spay coolant from the interior portion of the body. The drain system additionally has a drain box having a vent and an exit pipe, wherein the roof evacuation conduit channels spent coolant by gravity into the drain box which is evacuated under gravity by the exit pipe.