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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1999
Junichi Murakami, Niigata-ken, JP;
Akinori Kojima, Niigata-ken, JP;
Yutaka Yamamoto, Niigata-ken, JP;
Akihiro Makino, Niigata-ken, JP;
Takashi Hatanai, Niigata-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for producing a metallic ribbon includes a cooling roll, a melt nozzle, and an air-cutoff unit provided to cover at least a portion of the periphery of the cooling roll and at least the melt blowout end of the melt nozzle, for preventing an inflow of air due to rotation of the cooing roll. The air-cutoff unit has a roll top air-cutoff plate provided above the cooling roll to extent from the front side to the rear side in the rotation direction of the cooling roll in such a manner that it approaches the cooling surface in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cooling roll. The melt blowout end of the melt nozzle is arranged to pass through a nozzle mounting hole provided in the roll top air-cutoff plate and face the cooling surface of the cooling roll.