Roll caster apparatus having uniform flow of molten metal into novel nozzle tip assembly

An improved roll tip caster assembly for casting wide strips of metal comprising a molten metal reservoir comprising:

• (a) a sidewall terminating in a bottom plate;
• (b) a nozzle tip member attached to said sidewall having a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of converging side riser members between the top wall and the bottom wall forming a converging passageway terminating in an exit port for molten metal to flow from the reservoir to a pair of rollers;
• (c) an opening in said sidewall extending along the entire width of said nozzle tip member;
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• (d) a baffle member in said reservoir extending across the entire width of said sidewall opening and extending down from the top of said reservoir to a point just above said bottom plate, thereby providing a shielding from any turbulence created in said reservoir as well as providing a uniform friction for the metal flowing from said reservoir into said nozzle tip whereby metal flowing into said tip member from said reservoir has a uniform velocity across the entire width of said nozzle and said converging side risers maintain said uniform metal velocity as said molten metal flows through said nozzle to said rollers.