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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6915837 | Continuous pressure molten metal supply system and method for forming continuous metal articles A molten metal supply system (90) includes a plurality of injectors (100) each having an injector housing (102) and a reciprocating piston (104). A molten metal supply source (132) is in fluid communication with the housing (102... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910523 | Strip casting apparatus Apparatus and method for casting metal strip by controlling the distance between the confining side plates confining the casting pool and the outer nozzle ends of discrete nozzle pieces of the delivery nozzle delivering the molten melt. The nozzle pieces defining th... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6860317 | Method and apparatus for producing uranium foil and uranium foil produced thereby Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for producing a uranium foil with fine crystalline granules by forming the foil by the gravitational dropping of molten uranium or uranium alloy and rapidly cooling the foil by the contact with cooling rolls, and a foil produc... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6588492 | Strip casting apparatus Twin roll caster for casting metal strip comprises pair of parallel casting rolls forming nip to receive molten metal from elongate metal delivery nozzle formed in two pieces supported in end to end relationship with a gap between them. A pair of casting ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6575224 | Apparatus and method for controlling the flow of molten metal An apparatus for controlling the flow of material, such as molten metal, from a container is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first closing element for the outlet from the container, a support system for the first element, an actuator system for moving... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6202735 | Tundish carriage A tundish carriage for a double-strand continuous caster has a carriage frame displaceable on rails straddling a pair of parallel-wall or funnel-shaped continuous casting billet molds. The frame is of trapezoidal configuration with one relatively long bea... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5755274 | Strip casting plant for metals The strip casting plant has a casting nozzle (10) displaceable in the direction of flow (F) of the liquid metal and adjustable perpendicular to this, to supply liquid metal to the adjustable roller gap (30) between rotating dies (26, 28). The casting nozz... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5538071 | Machine and method of continuously casting a metal strip The machine has a cooled and moving substrate, for example an endless horizontal belt, a feeding device, for example a tundish, and a distributor arranged transversely to the substrate for distributing liquid metal over the substrate. The distributor can ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5478056 | Support for foundry ladels for a continuous casting A support device (1) for foundry ladles (13, 14) for a continuous casting plant has a stationary fixed base and a rotary base (4) mounted rotatably with respect to the fixed base and rotatable by means of a rotary drive, on which rotary base at least one ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5340092 | Transfer station for foundry ladles A transfer station for transferring foundry ladles from a delivery station situated on the shop floor level to a higher pouting position of a curved continuous-casting installation, and includes a revolving turret with a foundation and supporting arms for... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5329989 | Induction melting and casting apparatus The apparatus includes casting stations disposed around a melt chamber of a furnace. Each casting station has a tundish for selectively transporting melt to the desired casting station. The apparatus is provided with apertures in the walls of the melting ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5228498 | Continuous casting equipment and continuous casting method A continuous casting equipment which can be applied to a wide variation of casting capacity for continuous casting and by which a continuous casting operation can be performed with safety. The continuous casting equipment comprises a tundish for receiving... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5196157 | Tundish exchange apparatus for a continuous casting equipment Two tundish cars, each detachably carrying a tundish, are supported on continuous circular rails for movement between a pouring position and a standby position spaced along the rails from a pouring position and provided with guide rails mounted above the ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5027880 | Tundish changing apparatus in a continuous casting installation Two tundish transport trucks move in alternate relation between a pouring position and a tundish preheating position. A swivel table is disposed at the forward end of a transport rail which extends laterally from the pouring station for guiding the tundis... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4966349 | Supporting arrangement for casting ladles provided in a continuous casting plant A supporting arrangement for casting ladles includes a stationarily mounted permanent base and a rotary base rotatably mounted relative to the permanent base. To each rotary base, a supporting bracket system is hinged via a linkage parallelogram system in... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4946142 | Pivoting device for ladles The pivoting device for ladles used in continuous casting comprises at least one arm extended overhanging from a rotary barrel and comprised of a parallelogram-shaped deformable and articulated assembly comprising two supporting uprights connected to the ... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4926925 | Pouring apparatus for moving-mold type continuous casting machine Position sensors at an inlet of a mold cavity defined by upper and lower block molds detect distances from the passing upper and lower block molds. In response to outputs from the position sensors, any deflection of the leading end of the tundish nozzle, ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4909302 | Apparatus for aligning pouring nozzle in continuous casting installation A dummy nozzle is used for alignment of a pouring nozzle upon insertion of the pouring nozzle in communication with a tundish into a mold cavity of an endless track type moving-block mold continuous casting machine.... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4883113 | Pouring device for dual-roll type continuous casting machine The flow rate of melt flowing through each end face of a core toward the inner surface of a side dam in opposed relationship with each end face is variable by a side-dam-wise flow passage defined within the core, whereby various problems caused at the so-... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4865115 | Pouring device for dual-roll type continuous casting machines Melt flows down through downspouts into a basin defined by a pair of cooling rolls and side dams. Melt is decreased in flow rate to be supplied uniformly through a slit nozzle in a widthwise direction of the cooling rolls so that a solidified shell formed... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4821790 | Apparatus for pouring molten metal A tundish nozzle is independent from a tundish so that thermal deformations of the tundish are not transmitted to the tundish nozzle.... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4799535 | Modular continuous slab casters and the like A modular slab caster or the like is provided having a flat foundation mat supporting a ladle turret module, a tundish module, a mold oscillator module, at least one adjustable segment module, a straightening module, a starting bar handling and charging m... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4751956 | Device to handle ladles Device to handle ladles in cooperation with the casting zone (45) in continuous casting, casting into ingot moulds or forms or mixed casting, such device providing independent, coaxial arms able to rotate by a continuous 360° rotation and to support the ... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4703790 | Solidified surface monitored continuous metal casting system An improved integrated system is provided for horizontally-longitudinally cast-forming a continuous length of metal ingot. An ablative material is fed lengthwise and introduced as a lining on a continuous, forwardly moving, heat-resistant flexible belt. T... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4632173 | Labor saving apparatus for continuous casting facility Continuous casting facilities generally including a pair of moulds with a rail on each side thereof. Self-propelled tundish cars each carrying a tundish with a detachable immersion nozzle ride on the rails. The apparatus includes a truck running on the ra... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4614222 | Method of and apparatus for casting metal strip employing free gap melt drag Apparatus and method for continuous casting of amorphous or polycrystalline metal strip from a melt. The molten metal is delivered from a reservoir (2) to a moving chill surface, preferably a cylindrical roll (1) through an orifice (3) in the reservoir (2... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4603841 | Ladle support machine A support machine is provided for a ladle in a continuous casting. A rotatable column is positioned on a bearing on a foundation base. A ladle support arm is pivoted around a horizontal axis, includes a yoke surrounding the rotatable column and has a U-sh... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4577672 | Device for manufacturing metal strip A device for casting metal strip is such that molten metal is fed via a nozzle into a gap between two rolls of a roll type continuous casting unit. The nozzle (4) is mounted on a nozzle beam (6) which is in turn mounted on a slide (34), the latter (34) be... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4576218 | Feeding device for introducing steel melt into twin-belt casters A feeding device for introducing molten steel into a twin-belt caster having mold walls which move exclusively in the casting direction. The feeding device comprises: a casting unit including a pouring pipe having a mouthpiece at one end which can extend ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4550767 | Roll caster apparatus having uniform flow of molten metal into novel nozzle tip assembly An improved roll caster tip apparatus is disclosed comprising a molten metal reservoir comprising a sidewall terminating in a bottom plate and a nozzle tip member attached to the sidewall having a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side riser members b... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4545422 | Machine for continuously casting battery grids A machine for casting battery grids continuously includes a rotary, cylindrical drum in the outer peripheral surface of which the battery grid cavity is machined in the form of a plurality of intersecting axially and circumferentially extending grooves. A... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4544018 | Feeding device for introducing molten steel into twin-belt casters and mode of operation of such a feed device In order to be able to manipulate a feeding device with which molten steel is introduced into a twin-belt caster without ingress of air in preparation for the casting process and to carefully align the feeding device and the caster to the required extent,... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4527609 | Continuous casting plant for continuously casting a metal melt A plant for continuously casting a metal, in particular steel, is provided comprising an open-ended mold. In order to provide an arrangement by which the hazards to the operators due to the emissions emerging from the mold are prevented, with an unobstruc... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4506814 | Revolving-ladle turret for continuous casting plants A revolving-ladle turret having a turret member supporting a platform which rotates around a vertical axis and which is furnished with ladle-carrying arms. The turret member is supported by a pair of articulated linkages similar to parallelograms of the d... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4502527 | Single shop continuous casting facility A single shop continuous casting facility is disclosed that comprises furnaces 10 and 10a for producing hot metal, continuous casters 12 and 12a for forming continuous lengths of solidified metal, and a rotating bridge crane 14 for transporting ladles 52 ... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4485835 | Nozzle for strip casting A nozzle which can be used repeatedly for the supply of liquid metal is made up of individual, hollow, refractory sections fitted together side by side in a metal frame. The hollow elements of the nozzle may feature, in addition to at least one longitudin... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4452433 | Carrying tower arrangement for a metallurgical vessel A carrying tower for a metallurgical vessel includes at least one carrying arm cantilevering from a non-rotatable carrying column and pivotable about the carrying column, which carrying arm carries at least one metallurgical vessel. A pivot bearing is pro... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4444341 | Transportation device for continuously supplying molten metal to a continuous casting plant A transport device for rapidly changing ladles for the continuous supply of metal melt to continuous casting plants by means of a reciprocating ladle bogie which is provided with means for receiving a sintle ladle. The bogie is moved between an operative ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4434540 | Process for repairing or modifying refractory plates of ladle casting cassettes Techniques are disclosed for renovating sliding gate valve plates or for adapting conventional plates for use with problem-beset metals. Stationary plates (1) have their orifices (2) bored out to downwardly-tapering form and correspondingly tapered prefab... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4387761 | Nozzle for rotary continuous caster Molten metal is introduced in a continuous-casting system downwardly into a mold through a nozzle opening downwardly into the mold at an axis to form in the mold a body of molten metal having an upper surface carrying impurities above the mouth of the mol... | 06/14/1983 |
