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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:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
May. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
SMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164437 ; 164337 ; 222607 ;
Abstract
A pouring tube for feeding molten steel into the pouring zone of a continuous casting mold includes a tube portion connected to a pouring container and an end portion provided with a bottom piece. To ensure safe operation of the pouring tube and an improved flow distribution, the bottom piece has in the direction of outlet openings thereof a width which is smaller, between 30% and 80%, than the distance between the walls which form the upper limits of the outlet openings.