Patent ID: 6051183
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B01F,C22B,C23C,F27D

Abstract:
In a metal treating apparatus having a container for holding a bath of molten metal, a gas-filled housing for enclosing a moving strip of metal, the housing having an opening in said bath of molten metal below the level thereof, through which the strip of metal exits the housing while submerged in the molten metal, and an apparatus for removing a layer of dross from the surface of the metal bath inside the gas-filled housing, comprising:a conduit having an inlet opening adjacent the surface of the molten metal for receiving dross into the conduit;the conduit having an outlet opening for discharging dross received through said inlet opening;the conduit having a gas-receiving opening below the outlet opening, such that a gas rises in said conduit to induce a flow of dross into said inlet opening and towards said outlet opening; andthe gas-receiving opening being disposed to discharge the gas into the conduit in the same direction s the dross flows in the conduit.