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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1982
Frank W Bakewell, Apollo, PA (US);
Thomas E Nicely, Delmont, PA (US);
C Donald Stricker, Monroeville, PA (US);
United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
In the hot-dip coating of wire, a sinker assembly is utilized for guiding the wire during its travel through the molten metal bath. The outer perimeter or bearing surface around which the wire is wrapped is composed of alumina or other refractory segments housed within the sinker assembly. The discrete segments are provided with a small clearance to permit some movement, within the confines of the housing, along the locus of the wire travel. The outer surface of the discrete segments is grooved, so that the wire wrapped therearound bears solely on the internal sides of the groove.