US Patent Issued to Systems Spray-Cooled on Oct. 14 for "Spray-cooled furnace roof with gravity drain" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,596, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Systems Spray-Cooled Inc. (Smyrna, Tenn.).

"Spray-cooled furnace roof with gravity drain" was invented by Scott A. Ferguson (Murfreesboro, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a metallurgical furnace and roof having a drain system. The roof has a roof body comprising a top surface having a center opening, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and an outer sidewall connecting the top surface to the bottom surface. The outer sidewall, the bottom surface and the top surface define an interior portion. An internal spray cooling system is disposed in the interior portion of ...