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US 3,981,350 AGranted
Apparatus for supporting and cooling a continuously cast product
AssigneeFives-Cail Babcock
InventorsAlain Chielens, Jean Pierre Henin
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Abstract
Continuously cast metal, such as steel, ingots are supported and cooled while being displaced along a path on a panel comprised of alternating support bars and cooling fluid spray banks extending parallel to each other transversely to the path of displacement. The spray banks are mounted individually and removably on the panel.
Claims24
An apparatus for supporting and cooling a continuously cast product having a surface while the product is displaced along a path, comprising
- 1. a series of substantially identical support bars extending substantially parallel to each other in a direction transverse to the path of displacement,
- a. the support bars being dismountably assembled to form a panel, and
- b. each bar including a portion of rectangular cross section having a large face and a small face, the large face extending perpendicularly to the surface of the cast product and the small face being arranged in contact with the surface of the cast product to support the product, the width of the small faces of the bar portions being substantially less than the spacing therebetween;
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- 2. elongated means for spraying a cooling fluid disposed substantially parallel to each other on the panel and between the support bars, the elongated spraying means being supported by the panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.