US Patent Issued to FIVES DMS on May 26 for "Rack system, rolling plant including such a system and method implemented by such a system" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,770, issued on May 26, was assigned to FIVES DMS (Lezennes, France).

"Rack system, rolling plant including such a system and method implemented by such a system" was invented by Vincent Patoux (Lezennes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rack system (SR) for the storage of rolls of a rolling mill including a support frame (Cha) configured to support several racks (Rac), distributed over the length of the support frame at different positions along the length of the rack, at least one first rack (Ra1) and one second rack (Ra2) configured to rest while bearing on the support frame (Cha). The first rack (Ra1) is configured to pass f...