ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,200, issued on June 17, was assigned to DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.P.A. (Buttrio, Italy).
"Distributor tube for cooling metal strips" was invented by Nikola Jacimovic (Udine, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention refers to a distributor tube (400) for cooling metal or similar products, in particular steel strips, comprising along the longitudinal extension of said distributor tube (400), a plurality of outlet openings (406) through which a cooling fluid can be ejected; an inlet (402) and a closure (404) of said tube at its ends; a connection for connecting a source of cooling fluid and feeding said distributor tu...