US Patent Issued to Novelis on May 5 for "Hot uncoiling of metal" (Georgia, Vermont, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,130, issued on May 5, was assigned to Novelis Inc. (Atlanta).

"Hot uncoiling of metal" was invented by Timothy Francis Stanistreet (Acworth, Ga.), Mark Finn (Dallas, Ga.), Renato Rufino Xavier (Kennesaw, Ga.), Frank Su (Dallas, Ga.), Louis Mitchell Nazro (Acworth, Ga.), Tudor Piroteala (Woodstock, Ga.), Samuel Robert Wagstaff (Marietta, Ga.), Barbara Lucille Hyde (Tellico Plains, Tenn.), David Anthony Gaensbauer (Burlington, Vt.) and Sazol Kumar Das (Acworth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for heat-treating a coil of metal can include a furnace, an unwinding system, and a quenching system. The furnace may receive the coil ...