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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. 29, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
George A Nabhan, Porter, IN (US);
Naohiko Ide, Fukuyama, JP;
Assignee:
National Steel Corporation, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C / ; B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118 33 ; 118 63 ; 118 67 ; 118 69 ; 118419 ; 118424 ; 72 47 ; 266107 ;
Abstract
A continuous hot dip galvanizing line for coating steel strip includes a continuous annealing furnace for annealing the strip before discharging the strip directly into the molten coating metal and a broad based bridle is located in the final cooling zone of the furnace. The broad based bridle includes at least two spaced bridle rolls each of which is independently driven and controlled to produce a more uniform tensile load in the strip and improve strip stability and coating quality in the final product.