ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,065, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Hatch Ltd..
"System and method for coating of continuous sheets of metal" was invented by Owen Pearcey (Highvale, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for affecting the crossbow in a metal sheet in continuous coating process. The system comprises strip distance sensors for determining distances to the metal sheet. A controller is configured to adjust the position of the correcting roll, based on the strip distances, to affect the crossbow in the sheet to help control the thickness of the coating on the sheet. The system may comprise a crossbow model to help determine the...