Patent ID: 11904384
Assignee: HAZELETT STRIP-CASTING CORPORATION
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A horizontal continuous casting apparatus for casting a metal strip, said apparatus comprising:
a first mold section having a surface for supporting a first moving belt;
a second mold section having a surface for supporting a second moving belt, the first mold section and first moving belt being arranged vertically above and spaced from the second mold section and the second moving belt;
wherein the surface of each of the first mold section and the second mold section includes a transition portion configured to receive a horizontal stream of molten metal from a metal feeding device, and a downstream portion configured to maintain contact with the metal strip as it cools;
wherein the transition portion is located upstream from the downstream portion and has a radius that increases progressively at every point along its entire extent from an upstream end of the transition portion to the downstream portion;
wherein the surface of the first mold section and the second mold section, including the transition portion and the downstream portion of each of the first mold section and the second mold section, is a continuous surface that directly supports the first moving belt and the second moving belt, respectively.