Metal casting apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CASTING STRIPS OF METAL DIRECTLY FROM MOLTEN METAL IN A CASTING REGION BETWEEN RECTILINEAR PORTIONS OF A PAIR OF MOVING FLEXIBLE METAL BANDS AND FOR STEERING SAID BANDS COMPRISING A FIRST METAL BAND, FIRST MEANS SUPPORTING SAID FIRST BND FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT ALONG A FIRST PREDETERMINED PATH A PORTION OF WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY RECTILINEAR INCLUDING A FIRST ROLL AT ONE END OF THE RECTILINEAR PATH PORTION AROUND WHCIH THE FIRST BAND IS FLEXED AND INCLUDING TENSIONING MEANS FOR THE FIRST BAND A SECOND METAL BAND, AND SECOND MEANS SUPPORTING SAID SECOND BAND FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT ALONG A SECOND PREDETERMINED PATH A PORTION OF WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY RECTILINEAR AND POSITIONED PARALLEL SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID RECTILINEAR PORTIN OF SAID FIRST PATH, SAID SECOND MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND ROLL AT ONE END OF THE SECOND RECTILINEAR PATH PORTION AROUND WHICH THE BAND IS FLEXED AND INCLUDING TENSIONING MEANS FOR THE SECOND BAND, FIRST AND SECOND BEARING MEANS MOVABLY SUPPORTING A RESPECTIVE END OF EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROLLS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND BEARING MEANS BEING MOVABLE IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE RECTILINEAR PATH PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND BANDS, FIRST AND SECOND ECCENTRICS COUPLED TO SAID RESPECTIVE BEARING MEANS, FIRST AND SECOND POWEROPERATED MECHANISMS FOR TURNING SAID ECCENTRICS TO MOVE THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID ROLLS, AND BELT-POSITION SENSING MEANS ENGAGING AN EDGE OF EACH BELT FOR CONTROLLING THE POWER-OPERATED MECHANISM.