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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Kazuo Morimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuya Tsurusaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Kanji Hayashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Atsushi Yuki, Chiba, JP;
Shigefumi Katsura, Chiba, JP;
Shigeru Isoyama, Chiba, JP;
Hideyuki Nikaido, Chiba, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet bar joining apparatus comprises a heater provided between a delivery-side clamp for clamping a rear end of a preceding sheet bar and an entry-side clamp for clamping a front end of a succeeding sheet bar; upper and lower anti-buckling plates provided on the entry-side clamp and located above and below the sheet bars; upper comb tooth portions and lower comb tooth portions formed in the upper and lower anti-buckling plates, respectively; a heat resistant insulator provided at a surface of each comb tooth portion opposed to the sheet bars; and a plurality of groove portions provided near the surface of each comb tooth portion opposed to the sheet bars.