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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1995
Wilhelm F Lauener, Gerlafingen/SO, CH;
Larex A.G., Solothurn, CH;
Abstract
A caster including at least one belt driving and guiding system for driving and guiding a movable belt through a casting zone where molten metal is cast. The belt driving and guiding system includes a first coil having an axis of rotation, the first coil being positioned relative to the caster such that the first coil can be moved so that its axis of rotation is spaced generally parallel to its axis of rotation before it was moved. The belt driving and guiding system also includes a second coil. In this way, the movable belt can be alternately uncoiled and coiled from the first coil and the second coil without having to dismount either the first or second coil from the caster. An associated method of casting molten metal is also disclosed.