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US 4,044,630 AGranted
Adjustable eccentric
AssigneeKoppers Company, Inc.
InventorDonald N. Adams
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Abstract
An eccentric having a variable eccentricity that is adapted for use with drive units that oscillate a continuous casting mold is readily adjustable to suit the desired speed of withdrawal of cast strands of different cross sectional sizes.
Claims3
Apparatus that oscillates the casting mold of a continuous casting machine, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a. a shaft journaled for rotation about a horizontal axis;
- b. means for rotating said shaft;
- c. a D-shaped protrusion on said shaft;
- d. a hub having an aperture within which said D-shaped protrusion is disposed in slidable contact therewith;
- e. a housing intimately surrounding said hub and secured to means connected to said mold for actuating said mold;
- f. means disposed in said aperture and coacting with said hub and said protrusion for maintaining said hub and said protrusion in intimate contact and in preselected relative positions;
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- g. means including a shim for variably positioning said hub relative to said protrusion.
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