Installation structure for nozzle/plug seating block
AssigneeKrosakiharima Corporation
InventorsKouji KAWARADA, Kouichi TACHIKAWA
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Abstract
Provided is a seating block installation structure capable of preventing the occurrence of a gap between a nozzle or plug installed in a bottom portion of a molten metal vessel and a plate or the like located on the lower side of the nozzle or plug, and a gap between the nozzle or plug and a seating block located on the upper side of or on the outer peripheral side of the nozzle or plug. In the seating block installation structure, a seating block disposed to surround a nozzle for discharging therethrough molten metal downwardly from the bottom portion of the molten metal vessel or a plug is fixed to a shell of the bottom portion of the molten metal vessel by a connecting member.
Claims6
A seating block installation structure for a molten metal vessel comprising a shell with a bottom portion provided with a nozzle for discharging therethrough molten metal downwardly, or a plug, the seating block installation structure comprising:
- a seating block disposed to surround the nozzle or the nozzle or the plug;
- a connecting member installed to an inner side of the shell and configured to fix the seating block to the inner side, so as to prevent the searing block from being displaced in an inward direction of the molten metal vessel;
- wherein the connecting member is composed of a plurality of independent members configured to connect between the seating block and the shell, in a manner allowing assembling and disassembling by means of one or more members selected from the group consisting of a thread engagement structure, a hooking structure, a fitting structure, a sliding structure, and a bayonet structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.