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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1996
Shiro Osada, Yokohama, JP;
Heiji Kato, Yokosuka, JP;
Shuzo Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Shu Ogawa, Yokohama, JP;
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
BHP Steel (JLA) Pty Ltd, Melbourne, AU;
Abstract
To suppress wear of side surfaces of end closures due to rotation of cooling rolls in a twin roll strip caster, a pair of housings 11 are provided, each arranged to face on end faces of one or the other ends of cooling rolls 1a and 1b, which are arranged substantially horizontally and in parallel with each other, so that it may be displaced toward and away from the end faces, rolling members 12 rotatably supported by each of said housings 11 so that they may contact the corresponding end faces of the rolls 1a and 1b, a thruster body 21 supported on each of the housings 11 so that it may be displaced toward and away from the corresponding end faces of the rolls 1a and 1b, and an end closure 3 loaded on each of the thruster bodies 21 so that it may closely contact upper portions of the end faces of the rolls 1a and 1b. When the end closure 3 is worn to a predetermined extent, then the rolling members 12 contact the end faces of the rolls 1a and 1b to thereby suppress wear of the end closure 3.