Patent ID: 9021982
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B05C,C23C,F26B

Abstract:
1. A gas wiping device comprising: a first gas wiping nozzle and a second gas wiping nozzle arranged to face each other across a steel band pulled up from a molten-metal plating bath, the first and second gas wiping nozzles configured to remove excess molten metal adhering on a surface of the steel band; a first tubular member disposed along a width direction of the steel band, the first tubular member connected to the first gas wiping nozzle; a second tubular member disposed along a width direction of the steel band, the second tubular member connected to the second gas wiping nozzle; a box-shaped body housing the first and second gas wiping nozzles, and the first and second tubular members; a first partition member having one end thereof fixed to an outer wall of the first tubular member, and having the other end thereof fixed to an inner wall of the box-shaped body; a second partition member having one end thereof fixed to an outer wall of the second tubular member, and having the other end thereof fixed to an inner wall of the box-shaped body; a first extended member arranged to extend from one end of the first gas wiping nozzle in a width direction thereof and toward the second gas wiping nozzle; a second extended member arranged to extend from the other end of the first gas wiping nozzle in a width direction thereof and toward the second gas wiping nozzle; a third extended member arranged to extend from one end of the second gas wiping nozzle in a width direction thereof and toward the first gas wiping nozzle; and a fourth extended member arranged to extend from the other end of the second gas wiping nozzle in a width direction thereof and toward the first gas wiping nozzle, wherein the first and third extended members are arranged so that at least respective tips thereof overlap each other in a vertical direction of said device, and the second and fourth extended members are arranged so that at least respective tips thereof overlap each other in a vertical direction of said device.