Patent ID: 9745640
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: C21D,C22C

Claim:
1. A quenching tank system comprising: a cooling tank having an entrance end including an entrance opening, an exit end including an exit opening, said entrance opening adapted to allow a first portion of a heated continuous tube to enter the cooling tank through the entrance opening, and said entrance opening further adapted to allow a first portion of a cooling fluid in the cooling tank that has been heated by the first portion of the heated continuous tube entering the cooling tank to flow out the entrance opening, and said exit opening adapted to allow a partially cooled second portion of the heated continuous tube moving through the cooling tank to exit the cooling tank through the exit opening, and said exit opening further adapted to allow a second portion of the cooling fluid in the cooling tank, that has been heated by the second portion of the heated continuous tube in the tank to flow out the exit opening; and