Casting delivery nozzle

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2009-03-13

2011-11-01

Kerns, Kevin P (Department: 1735)

Metal founding

Process

Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface

C164S428000, C164S437000, C164S488000, C222S607000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08047264

ABSTRACT:
A metal strip casting apparatus and method of casting continuous metal strip include assembling a pair of counter-rotatable casting rolls having casting surfaces positioned laterally forming a nip between for casting, and delivering molten metal through a delivery nozzle disposed above the nip to form a casting pool supported on the casting rolls. The delivery nozzle includes at least one segment having a main portion and an end portion and an inner trough extending longitudinally through the main portion and into the end portion with end walls at opposite ends thereof, the inner trough communicating with outlets adjacent bottom portions formed in each segment adapted to deliver molten metal to a casting pool and the end portion having a reservoir portion having passages adapted to deliver molten metal to a casting pool.

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