ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,759, issued on July 14, was assigned to DANIELI AUTOMATION S.P.A. (Buttrio, Italy).

"Inspection apparatus for melting furnaces that can be used in the steel industry and method" was invented by Andrea Polo (San Giovanni Al Natisone, Italy), Enrico Villagrossi (Goito, Italy) and Simone Mongiat (Udine, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inspection apparatus for melting furnaces that can be used in the steel industry, includes an inspection head and a positioning support, said inspection head including a rotating table. Said inspection head includes one or more image detection devices attached on said rotating table and which rotat...