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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:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erik Marco Nijveld, Haarlem, NL;
Simon Petrus Anthonium Zuurbier, Castricum, NL;
Assignee:
Corus Staal BV, CA IJmuiden, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21B 1/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21B 1/46 ;
Abstract
A device for producing a thin steel strip, comprising at least one or more continuous-casting machines ( ) for casting thin steel slabs, a furnace device ( ) which is suitable for heating and/or homogenizing a slab, and at least one rolling device for reducing the thickness of a slab which is conveyed out of the furnace device ( ), a welding machine being arranged between the continuous-casting machine ( ) or continuous-casting machines ( ) and the rolling device ( ), for the purpose of joining slabs together.