Patent ID: 7074361

Claim:
A liner for a ladle, the liner comprising a body of refractory material defining a hollow interior, the body having a continuous sidewall bounding said hollow interior, a lower closure floor and an open top, a barrier of refractory material facing an interior surface of part of the sidewall and being spaced inwardly therefrom in said hollow interior, the barrier extending from at or near the open top of the body towards said lower closure floor to define, with said facing part of said sidewall, a spout for discharging molten metal, in use, from said interior of the ladle, the barrier having two longitudinal edge surfaces, two facing inner portions of the sidewall being extended inwardly, said longitudinal edge surfaces of the barrier being received at said inwardly extended portions respectively, thereby positioning said barrier at said inward spacing from, and facing, said interior surface of part of the sidewall wherein said liner has a cylindrical or truncated cone shape outer surface and said spout does not extend outwardly of said outer surface.