Patent ID: 8517231

Claim:
An immersion nozzle with the following features: 1.1. A tubular body ( 10 ), 1.2. A pouring channel ( 12 ), which extends from a first end section ( 14 ) of the tubular body ( 10 ), where a metal melt enters the pouring channel ( 12 ), to a second end section ( 16 ), where the metal melt is diverted from a vertical flow direction laterally and exits the pouring channel ( 12 ) via at least one lateral outlet opening ( 18 . 1 , 18 . 2 ), 1.3. At least one chamber ( 20 ) in the area of the second end section ( 16 ), which follows the pouring channel ( 12 ) radially outwardly, runs behind the respective lateral outlet opening ( 18 . 1 , 18 . 2 ) in the flow direction of the metal melt, and extends towards the first end section ( 14 ) and 1.4 with at least one connecting opening ( 21 ) between the chamber ( 20 ) and the pouring channel ( 12 ), wherein the connecting opening is above the lateral outlet opening.