ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,578, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Wiping apparatus and rolling facility" was invented by Yoichi Matsui (Hiroshima, Japan) and Yuta Odawara (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiping apparatus for removing a liquid from a surface of a strip of metal being conveyed includes a first wiping member disposed to be contactable with a rolled face of the strip. The first wiping member has an oblique portion extending in a direction oblique to a strip width direction of the strip."
The patent was filed on July 26, 2021, under Application No. 18/571,636.
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