US Patent Issued to FIVES STEIN on March 31 for "Direct flame preheating section for a continuous metal strip processing line" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,761, issued on March 31, was assigned to FIVES STEIN (France).

"Direct flame preheating section for a continuous metal strip processing line" was invented by Sebastien Lemaire (Maisons-Alfort, France), Jean-Pierre Lipp George (Maisons-Alfort, France), Camille Moukarzel (Maisons-Alfort, France), Patrice Sedmak (Maisons-Alfort, France) and Abou Ba (Maisons-Alfort, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Direct flame preheating section for continuous metal strip processing lines, comprising a connecting zone between an active zone provided with burners capable of operating in "no flame" mode and a recuperative zone for preheating the str...