ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,966, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).
"Device for cooling a steel strip" was invented by Makhlouf Hamide (Thionville, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling device for a cooling operation of a flat metallic product is provided, the cooling device being located in an essentially vertical path including: a tank filled with a coolant bath defining a coolant surface, the tank including at least two openings, one on the upper surface and one on the bottom surface wherein the flat metallic product can pass through, the opening on the bottom surface being equipped with a sealing mean, two series of pro...