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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 1/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 1/106 ;
Abstract
Twin roll strip casting apparatus in which a pair of pool confining side plates (,) engage end surfaces of casting rolls (,) to form side confining closures for the pool. Plates (,) are mounted in side plate holders (,) connected to horizontally acting thrusters (,) which apply inward closure forces to the side plates (,). Thrusters (,) are mounted on a pair of carriages (,) disposed one at each end of the casting roll assembly and movable toward and away from one another to enable the spacing between them to be adjusted so that the carriages (,) can be preset before a casting operation to suit the width of the casting rolls (,). Carriages (,) are mounted on a central frame structure (,) which sits over the casting rolls (,).