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AssigneeBedloe Industries LLC
InventorsF. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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A knuckle may include a throat portion having a throat side wall with at least three sections, a first section closest to the knuckle tail, a third section closest to the knuckle pulling face, and a second section between said first and third sections. The wall thickness of said first section may be less than 10% different than the wall thickness of said second section. The throat portion may also include a tail stop side wall with at least three sections, a first section closest to the knuckle tail, a third section closest to the knuckle pulling face, and a second section between said first and third sections. The wall thickness of said first section may be less than 10% different than the wall thickness of said second section.
A knuckle comprising a throat portion, a knuckle tail, a knuckle pulling face, and a front face, said throat portion having a throat side wall with at least three sections, a throat side wall first section closest to the knuckle tail, a throat side wall third section closest to the knuckle pulling face, and a throat side wall second section between said first and third sections of the throat side wall and wherein the wall thickness of said throat side wall first section is less than 10% different than the wall thickness of said throat side wall second section, wherein the wall thicknesses throughout the first, second and third throat side wall sections varies by less than 17% to form a uniform transition from the throat side wall first section to the throat side wall third section along an internal surface for aiding in reducing turbulence in the flow of molten steel during formation of the knuckle and for aiding in reducing defects as the molten steel cools.
A knuckle comprising a throat portion, a knuckle tail, and a knuckle pulling face, said throat portion having a tail stop side wall with at least three sections, a tail stop side wall first section closest to the knuckle tail, a tail stop side wall third section closest to the knuckle pulling face, and a tail stop side wall second section between said first and third tail stop side wall sections and wherein the wall thickness of said tail stop side wall first section is less than 10% different than the wall thickness of said tail stop side wall second section to form a uniform transition from the tail stop side wall first section to the tail stop side wall third section for aiding in reducing turbulence in the flow of molten steel during formation of the knuckle and for aiding in reducing defects as the molten steel cools.
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