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Seal for a continuous steel caster

US4502526A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Fried.Krupp Gesellschaft mit beschraankter Haftung · DE

Inventors

Gerd Artz · Ratingen, DE
Dieter Figge · Essen, DE
Thomas Hoster · Kaiserslautern, DE
Clemens Philipp · Meerbusch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 1983
Grant date	Mar 5, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB22D11/0645
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A continuous steel casting apparatus includes a casting nozzle, a mold surrounding the casting nozzle and having moving mold walls together defining a rectangular casting cross section and being formed of oppositely located, parallel-extending endless casting belts and oppositely located, parallel-extending endless lateral dams. A sealing assembly provides a seal between the casting nozzle and the mold walls. The sealing assembly includes sealing levers situated between the casting nozzle and the casting belts. The sealing levers are movably mounted on the casting nozzle. Each sealing lever has a sealing face oriented towards a respective casting belt and extending parallel to the width thereof. Further, each sealing lever is resiliently urged into a sealing engagement with the casting belts. Side surfaces of the sealing levers sealingly engage the dams.

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