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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1998
Tsutomu Kawamizu, Hiroshima, JP;
Junsou Fukumori, Hiroshima, JP;
Akira Kaya, Hiroshima, JP;
Kyung-Zoon Min, Tokyo, JP;
Yeo-Joo Choi, Cheonnnam, KR;
Soo-Chul Shin, Kyungbuk, KR;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of finishing mills for finish rolling a rolled material are arranged in a row to form a finishing mill group. A scale breaker is provided at an entry side of the finishing mill group, a glass coating material application device for jetting molten glass to upper and lower surfaces of the rolled material to form a molten glass film is located at a delivery side of the scale breaker, and a molten glass film removing device for removing the molten glass film formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the rolled material is located at the delivery side of the finishing mill group.