Patent ID: 9279174
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: C23C

Claim Text:
1. Unit for applying molten metal coatings on lengthy products, comprising: a tank for molten metal; a coating chamber with an inlet and an outlet for passing the lengthy product; an inclined channel between the tank for molten metal and the coating chamber; the coating chamber and the tank with molten metal are equipped with facilities for creating reduced pressure and positive pressure, respectively, such that molten metal will be supplied from the tank to the coating chamber via the inclined channel; the inlet and the outlet both being below the level of the molten metal in the coating chamber during coating of the lengthy products; the tank and the coating chamber being laterally offset with the inclined channel creating connected vessels; and the tank being equipped with a supplying channel to load molten or solid metal into the tank through the supplying channel.