Endless track type continuous casting machine
AssigneesIshikawajima-Harima Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHisashi Sato, Shuzo Takahashi, Shiro Osada, Yutaka Tsuchida, Nobuhisa Hasebe
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In a mold cavity and/or in horizontal cooling zones, upstream- and downstream-side gears are drivingly coupled to each other through an endless-track-like member to which the tensile force is exerted by a tensioner, so that gaps between the adjacent block molds can be eliminated and therefore intrusion and leakage of a cooling liquid and melt are prevented.
Claims5
In an endless track type continuous casting machine having a pair of upper and lower endless-track-like mold assemblies each comprising a plurality of block molds interconnected and made to pass around gears, said mold assemblies being disposed such that opposing surfaces of said mold assemblies are driven in a same direction to thereby define a mold cavity, and horizontal cooling zones downstream of said mold cavity, an improvement comprising endless-track-like member means through which upstream- and downstream side gears for at least one of said mold cavity and said horizontal cooling zones are drivingly interconnected, and tensioner means operatively coupled to said member means passing on a side of the corresponding mold assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.