Continuous metal casting machine

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR THE CASTING OF MOLTEN METAL INTO A CONTINUOUS SOLIDIFIED BAR RELATIVELY SMALL IN CROSS-SECTION AND ADAPTED TO BE FED DIRECTLY INTO A ROLLING MACHINE FOR ROLLING THE BAR INTO REDRAW ROD AND THE LIKE, MACHINE THE APPARATUS HANDLING THE MOLTEN METAL FED INTO THE MACHINE IN A MANNER SO AS TO PROVIDE THE CAST BAR SUBSTANTIALLY WITHOUT FAULTS IN INTERNAL TEXTURE AND ON THE SURFACE THEREOF, AND WITH SAID APPARATUS INCLUDING A MOLTEN METAL CARRYING RECEPTACLE HAVING AN EXTENDING SPOUT WITH A MOUTHPIECE AT THE END THEROF FOR FEEDING THE MOLTEN METAL INTO THE APPARATUS, THE COMBINATION IN SUCH APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING THE DESCRIBED CASTING INCLUDING A CASTING DRUM MOUNTED AND SPACED AWAY FROM SAID CASTING OPEN CASTING GROOVE IN A PERIPHERAL PART THEREOF, A WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED AND SPACED AWAY FROM SAID CASTING DRUM, AN ENDLESS BAND LOOPED OVER THE CASTING DRUM AND THE WHEEL WITH ITS INNER SURFACE CONTACTING SAID PERIPH ERAL PART ON WACH SIDE OF SAID CASTING GROOVE TO COVER SAID CASTING GROOVE AND PROVIDE A MOVING CASTING MOLD OVER AN ARC OF TRAVEL SUBSTANTIALLY 180*, WITH THE END LESS BAND AROUND SAID WHEEL AND SAID CASTING DRUM DEFINING AN ENCLOSED AREA WITHIN THE OUTLINE THEROF IN WHICH SAID CASTING DRUM AND SAID WHEEL ARE MOUNTED, MEANS FOR RESPECTIVELY SUPPORTING SAID WHEEL AND SAID CASTING DRUM ON A PAIR OF PARALLEL AXES WITH SAID WHEEL IN A POSITION DIAGONALLY ABOVE SAID CASTING DRUMS SO THAT SAID ENDLESS BAND LOOPED OVER THE SAME FORMS A LINE OF JUNCTURE WITH THE PERIPHERAL APART OF THE CASTING DRUM TO PROVIDE A MOLTEN METAL RECEVING OPENING INTO THE MOVING CASTING MOLD AT SAID LINE OF JUNCTURE WITH THE MOLTEN METAL CARRYING RECEPTACLE SPOUT MOUTHPIECE ADJACENT THERETO, AND WITH THE CASTING MOLD ACTING TO CONTAIN THE MOLTEN METAL AT A LEVEL ADJACENT THE MOUTHPIECE OF THE EXTENDING SPOUT, WITH SAID METAL RECEIVING OPENING BEING AT A POSITION IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE CASTING MOLD SO THAT THE MOLTEN METAL LEVEL LIES WITHIN THE SECTOR SPACED FROM THE VERTICAL IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE CASTING DRUM AND WHICH SUCH SECTOR INCLUDES AN ARC ON THE PERIPHERAL PART OF THE CASTING DRUM DEFINED BY TWO POINTS AT SUBSTANTIALLY 15* AND SUBSTANTIALLY 45* FROM THE VERTICAL, SUCH MOLTEN METAL FLOWING INTO THE CASTING MOLD FROM THE MOUTHPIECE OF THE SPOUT WITHOUT A DISTURBING MOVEMENT THEREIN BEFORE BAR SOLIDIFICATION SUCH AS TO CAUSE FAULTS IN THE SOLIDIFIED CAST BAR, SAID CASTING DRUM HAVING A COOLANT ACCOMMODATING CAVITY THEREIN FOR RECEIVING A COOLANT ADJACENT THE METAL RECEIVING OPENING IN THE CASTING MOLD TO REMOVE HEAT FROM THE CASTING DRUM AND COOL AND SOLIDIFY THE MOLTEN METAL INTO A SOLID CONTINOUS UNIFORM CROSS-SECTION BAR, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A COOLANT INTO SAID CAVITY, SUCH CONTINUOUS BAR ISSUING FROM SAID CASTING MOLD AND BEING IN CONDITION TO BE FED DIRECTLY INTO A ROLLING MACHINE.