US Patent Issued to Commercial Metals on Nov. 25 for "Method of manufacturing a trough used in galvanization of workpieces" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,193, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Commercial Metals Co. (Catoosa, Okla.).

"Method of manufacturing a trough used in galvanization of workpieces" was invented by Roger Duane Decoster (Owasso, Okla.) and Samuel Christian Hartley (Claremore, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method including manufacturing a trough. The trough includes connected walls configured to hold a molten galvanization material within the trough. The trough is further manufactured to include a first end including a first gate system. The trough is further manufactured to include a second end, opposing the first end, including a second gate system. The t...