Continuous horizontal hot molten metal casting apparatus

Claim 1

CASTING APPARATUS INCLUDING A CONVEYOR, A PLURALITY OF MOLDS POSITIONED END-TO-END AND ADAPTED TO BE ADVANCED LONGITUDINALLY BY THE CONVEYOR, EACH MOLD COMMUNICATING WITH ADJACENT MOLDS WHEREBY A SINGLE, INTEGRAL ARTICLE MAY BE CAST WHICH EXTENDS SUBSTANTIALLY THE COMBINED LENGTHS OF THE MOLDS, MEANS TO CENTER THE MOLDS FOR THEIR LONGITUDINAL TRAVEL, REARWARDLY EXTENDING SIDE ARMS ON EACH MOLD, A REAR ROLLER ON EACH SIDE ARM, A FRONT ROLLER ON EACH SIDE OF EACH MOLD BUT SPACED FROM THE FRONT THEREOF TO ACCOMODATE THE REARWARDLY EXTENDING ARM OF A PRECEDING MOLD, AT LEAST ONE SIDE ARM ON EACH MOLD HAVING A TRAILING LINK CONNECTED THERETO AND DISPOSED ADJACENT THE CORRESPONDING REAR ROLLER THEREOF AND ADJACENT A FRONT ROLLER OF THE SUCCEEDING MOLD TO LINK THE MOLDS TOGETHER, SAID LINK HAVING SLOTTED HOLES TO ALLOW RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID MOLDS, MEANS FOR PRESSURING THE MOLDS TOGETHER TO ELIMINATE THE SLACK FROM THE SLOTTED