Casting wheel cooling method

Claim 1

IN A METHOD OF COOLING A MOLD TO SOLIDIFY A MOLTEN METAL INTO A COPPER BASE CAST METAL FOR HOT-FORMING IN A HOT-FORMING MEANS AT AN INITIAL HOT-FORMING TEMPERATURE WITHIN A PREDETERMINED RANGE OF HOT-FORMING TEMPERATURES; THE STEPS OF POURING A MOLTEN METAL INTO A MOLD FORMED BY THE PERIPHERAL GROOVE IN A ROTATING ANNULAR MEMBER AND BY A BAND WHICH CLOSES A LENGTH OF SAID GROOVE; COOLING SAID MOLD WHILE SAID ANNULAR MEMBER IS ROTATING TO SOLIDIFY SAID MOLTEN METAL INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY SOLIDIFIED CAST METAL, SAID CAST METAL BEING DISCHARGED FROM SAID MOLD AND PASSED TO A RELATIVELY REMOTE AND SEPARATE HOT-FORMING MEANS THROUGH A TEMPERATURE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH SAID CAST METAL UNDERGOES CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE; AND ADDITIONALLY AND INDEPENDENTLY COOLING SAID MOLD TO ADJUST THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID CAST METAL TO A DISCHARGE TEMPERATURE WHICH IS DETERMINED BOTH BY SAID ENVIRONMENT AND BY A RANGE OF HOT-FORMING TEMPERATURES FOR SAID CAST METAL AND WHICH PROVIDES AN INITIAL HOT-FORMING TEMPERATURE OF SAID CAST METAL IN SAID HOT-FORMING MEANS THAT IS WITHIN SAID RANGE OF HOT-FORMING TEMPERATURES.