Patent ID: 7946245

Claim:
A device for hot dip coating a metal strand ( 1 ), in which the metal strand ( 1 ) is passed vertically through a coating tank ( 3 ) that contains the molten coating metal ( 2 ) and through a guide channel ( 6 ) upstream of the coating tank, where an electromagnetic field is generated in the area of the guide channel ( 6 ) by means of at least two inductors ( 8 ) installed on both sides of the metal strand ( 1 ) in order to keep the molten coating metal ( 2 ) in the coating tank ( 3 ), and where a furnace chamber ( 9 ) that has guide means and is under a protective gas is arranged upstream of the guide channel ( 6 ), wherein a gas-tight, heat-resistant, and flexible seal ( 13 ) is arranged between the furnace chamber ( 9 ) and the guide channel ( 6 ) and where the gas-tight, heat-resistant, and flexible seal ( 13 ) comprises a liquid ( 16 ) held in a vessel.