Continuous-casting mold

Claim 1

A MOLD FOR CONTINUOUS METAL CASTING COMPRISING A PAIR OF OPPOSED SPACED SIDE WALLS AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED SPACED END WALLS DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A CAVITY FOR THE CONTINUOUS FORMATION OF A METAL CASTING, SAID SIDE WALLS AND SAID END WALLS EACH COMPRISING AN INNER PLATE ADAPTED TO CONTACT MOLTEN METAL AND A BACKING STRUCTURE FOR SAID INNER PLATE, THE INNER SIDE WALL PLATE EXTENDING LATERALLY BEYOND THE EDGES OF THE BACKING STRUCTURES THEREFOR, THE SIDE WALL BACKING STRUCTURES INCLUDING OUTER PLATES SPACED FROM THE ADJACENT INNER SIDE WALL PLATES SO AS TO DEFINE PASSAGES FOR COOLING WATER BETWEEN THE ADJACENT INNER AND OUTER PLATES, MEANS SEALING SAID PASSAGES ALONG THE EDGES OF SAID OUTER PLATES, MEANS SECURING SAID INNER SIDE WALL PLATES TO THE ADJACENT BACKING STRUCTURES SO AS TO PERMIT EXPANSION OF SAID INNER PLATES WHILE PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATES TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT BACKING STRUCTURES, AND MEANS FOR CLAMPING THE INNER END WALL PLATES BETWEEN SAID INNER SIDE WALL PLATES SO THAT NO RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID END WALL PLATE AND SAID SIDE WALL PLATES OCCURS AS SAID SIDE WALL PLATES EXPAND AND CONTRACT.