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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:
Dec. 20, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerry M Hesterlee, Carrollton, GA (US);
Assignee:
Southwire Company, , GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
266103 ; 148156 ; 432 59 ; 72289 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method of storing a great length of continuously advancing elongate metallic material in a temperature controlled accumulator (40, 50) is disclosed to enable greater line speeds by exposing a greater length of material to the heat treatment. Several embodiments are disclosed in which heated cylindrical accumultor apparatus (40, 50) are used to store a multiplicity of wraps (45) around fixed or rotating cylinders (44, 51) which are maintained at the desired temperatures.