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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Yoshio Bizen, Shimane-ken, JP;
Michihiro Nagao, Shimane-ken, JP;
Jun Sunakawa, Shimane-ken, JP;
Shunsuke Arakawa, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for winding a rapidly quenched thin metal ribbon has the steps of (1) ejecting a molten metal onto a rotating cooling roll to rapidly solidify the molten metal to form a thin metal ribbon, (2) peeling the thin metal ribbon from the cooling roll to let the thin metal ribbon to freely move from the cooling roll, and (3) bringing a rotating winding roll having an adhesive thereon into contact with the freely moving thin metal ribbon at an intermediate point thereof, so that the thin metal ribbon is wound around the winding roll with an excess portion of the thin metal ribbon forward of the intermediate point cut off.