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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth D Ives, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164448 ; 7314 / ; 72246 ;
Abstract
A shear plug particularly for use in combination with a load cell in the roll-rack of a continuous-casting machine. The plug includes a body which has a shallow recess in one face and an axially aligned and preferably deeper recess in the other face, and a wall separating the recesses. The shallow recess receives the end of a load cell of smaller dimensions. On application of an overload the load cell punches out a tapered segment from the wall. The plug does not expand sideways when it fails and is readily removed from the surrounding mechanism.