US Patent Issued to Systems Spray-Cooled on May 6 for "Metallurgical furnace having an integrated off-gas hood" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,237, issued on May 6, was assigned to Systems Spray-Cooled Inc. (Smyrna, Tenn.).

"Metallurgical furnace having an integrated off-gas hood" was invented by Scott A. Ferguson (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) and Troy D. Ward (Franklin, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for venting a spray-cooled roof of a ladle metallurgical furnace is provided herein. The method begins by processing molten metal materials in a ladle metallurgical furnace having a spray-cooled roof with an opening configured for one or more electrodes to pass there through and an integrated hood. Process gases and fumes are extracted through a channel having walls dis...