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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:
Jan. 29, 1980
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter Eichenberger, Sierre, CH;
Bernhard Hilge, Mettmenstetten, CH;
Assignee:
Swiss Aluminium Ltd., Chippis, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
266259 ; 34135 ; 62 62 ; 62381 ; 148 / ; 432 80 ; 432242 ; 432244 ;
Abstract
An improved apparatus for cooling heated metal items such as extrusion billets, and in particular billets of aluminum alloys is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a cooling chamber, means for transporting individual billets into and out of the cooling chamber, and inlet and outlet openings for the ingress and egress of a cooling medium from said chamber. A fan or the like is employed to produce a flow of air through the cooling chamber.