ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,189, issued on March 24, was assigned to Tounetsu Co. Ltd. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Molten metal mixing system" was invented by Kiyata Mochizuki (Shizuoka, Japan) and Tomihiro Iwamoto (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molten metal mixing system capable of controlling generation of oxides in mixing of molten metals to. The system includes 1st/2nd apparatus for melting 1st/2nd raw materials into 1st/2nd molten metals, and a pipe connecting the 1st and 2nd apparatus. The 2nd molten metal produced in the 2nd apparatus is transferred through the pipe to the 1st apparatus to mix with the 1st raw material and/or the 1st molten m...