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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1991
Hisahiko Fukase, Wollongong, AU;
Walter Blejde, Balgownie, AU;
William J Folder, Wollongong, AU;
Keith F Pitchford, Albion Park, AU;
Joseph G Herbertson, Newcastle, AU;
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
John Lysaght (Aus) Ltd., Sydney, AU;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for casting metal strip in which molten metal is introduced between a pair of parallel casting rollers via a metal delivery nozzle disposed above the nip between the rollers, wherein the delivery nozzle comprises an elongate trough to receive molten metal, a nozzle outlet slot extending longitudinally along the bottom of the trough, a baffle structure extending above the slot, and a pair of flow passage means spaced apart laterally of the trough, one to each side of the outlet slot and each providing for flow of molten metal from the trough interior above the baffle structure into the trough interior below the baffle structure.