ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,501, issued on June 24, was assigned to Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp. (Warren, Ohio).
"Continuous intensive quenching apparatus" was invented by Michael Aronov (Solon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intensive quenching (IQ) apparatus and method of quenching heated parts is provided. The IQ apparatus includes a chute for placing parts into a tank including liquid quenchant. The parts fall through the quenchant in the chute and are received by a conveyor belt. The parts are then transported on the conveyor through an inner channel of a conduit. An agitation rate of the quenchant in the inner channel is increased by an agitator....