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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
British Steel Corporation, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148153 ; 148156 ; 148157 ;
Abstract
A method of quenching rod, billet or bar stock as it leaves a hot mill comprises passing the stock through one or more open ended troughs into which water is fed under pressure through vertical slots in the side walls of the trough to provide an agitated bath of water through which the rod, billet or bar travels and is thereby cooled. Sets of angled slots in one end of each trough act to control the flow of water from the trough and to strip cooling water from the stock.