Apparatus and method for galvanizing objects
AssigneeCommercial Metals Company
InventorsRoger Duane Decoster, Samuel Christian Hartley
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Abstract
A trough including connected walls configured to hold a molten galvanization material within the trough. The trough further includes a first end comprising a first gate system. The trough further includes a second end, opposing the first end, comprising a second gate system. The trough further includes a roller connected, inside the trough, to opposing inside walls of the plurality of connected walls. The trough further includes a sump disposed within the trough. The trough further includes an inlet connected to the sump.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a trough comprising a plurality of connected walls configured to hold a molten galvanization material within the trough, the trough further comprising:
- a first end comprising a first gate system;
- a second end, opposing the first end, comprising a second gate system;
- a roller connected, inside the trough, to opposing inside walls of the plurality of connected walls;
- a sump disposed within the trough;
- and
- an inlet connected to the sump.
A method comprising:
- manufacturing a trough, wherein the trough comprises a plurality of connected walls configured to hold a molten galvanization material within the trough, and wherein the trough further comprises:
- a first end comprising a first gate system;
- a second end, opposing the first end, comprising a second gate system;
- a roller connected, inside the trough, to opposing inside walls of the plurality of connected walls;
- a sump disposed within the trough;
- a plurality of side braces connected to an outside wall of the plurality of connected walls, the plurality of side braces extending outwardly from the outside wall;
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- an inlet connected to the sump, the inlet disposed at a perpendicular angle relative to the outside wall and further disposed between the plurality of side braces.
A method of galvanizing a workpiece, wherein the method is performed using a trough, wherein the trough comprises:
- a plurality of connected walls configured to hold a molten galvanization material within the trough,
- wherein the trough further comprises:
- a first end comprising a first gate system;
- a second end, opposing the first end, comprising a second gate system;
- a roller connected, inside the trough, to opposing inside walls of the plurality of connected walls;
- a sump disposed within the trough;
- a plurality of side braces connected to an outside wall of the plurality of connected walls, the plurality of side braces extending outwardly from the outside wall;
- an inlet connected to the sump, the inlet disposed at a perpendicular angle relative to the outside wall and further disposed between the plurality of side braces;
- a pump disposed between the plurality of side braces, wherein the pump is in fluid communication with the inlet;
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- a kettle, wherein the trough is disposed partially within the kettle, and wherein the trough is connected to a kettle flange of the kettle, and
- wherein the method further comprises:
- pumping, with the pump, the molten galvanization material through the inlet into the sump until the molten galvanization material submerges the roller;
- and
- driving the workpiece through the first gate system, over the roller and through the molten galvanization material, and through the second gate system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.