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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerhard Fuchs, Kehl-Bodersweier, DE;
Assignee:
Arcmet Technologie GmbH, Linz, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 7/04 ;
Abstract
In a metallurgical vessel ( ) having a tapping apparatus ( ) for the slag-free withdrawal of liquid metal ( ) from a molten metal bath ( ) which is disposed in the vessel ( ), a first leg ( ) of a discharge duct ( ) passes through the refractory vessel wall ( ) and an overflow edge ( ) in the connecting region of the two legs ( ) of the discharge duct ( ) is higher than the upper edge ( ) of the inlet opening ( ) of the discharge duct. The molten metal ( ) in the discharge duct is preferably inductively heatable.