US Patent Issued to VANOCUR REFRACTORIES on June 3 for "Corbel for a coke oven or coke oven battery" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,874, issued on June 3, was assigned to VANOCUR REFRACTORIES LLC (Tonawanda, N.Y.).

"Corbel for a coke oven or coke oven battery" was invented by Paul A. Saffrin (Tonawanda, N.Y.) and Richard M. Maida (Tonawanda, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corbel for a coke oven, including a gunblock section having a longitudinal through-bore arranged therein, the gunblock section having at least one substantially vertical though-bore in communication with the longitudinal through-bore. The gunblock section may be integral with a base. The gunblock section may also include a substantially vertical-angular channel open to a first end of the g...