Continuous casting wheel, with improved cooling device

Claim 1

A CONTINUOUS CASING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A CIRCULAR ROTATABLE CASTING WHEEL HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL AND AN OUTWARDLY DIRECTED CIRCUMFERENTIAL EDGE FACE THEREON; A CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVE PROVIDED IN SAID EDGE FACE AND HAVING A BOTTOM WALL OF A PREDETERMINED THICKNESS AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; A METAL TAPE EXTENDING PARTLY AROUND SAID EDGE FACE AND COVERING SAID GROOVE OVER A PORTION OF ARC, DEFINING THEREWITH A CASTING CAVITY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A MOLTEN METAL, SAID METAL TAPE HAVING A THICKNESS SO RELATED TO SAID PREDETERMINED THICKNESS AS TO AFFORD SAID METAL TAPE A THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID BOTTOM WALL; AND COOLING MEANS, COMPRISING FIRST MEANS FOR DIRECTLY COOLING SAID TAPE IN THE REGION OF SAID PORTION OF ARC, AND INDIVIDUALLY ADJUSTABLE SECOND MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID BOTTOM WALL FOR DIRECTLY COOLING THE SAME, SAID SECOND MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ANGULARLY DISPLACED DISCRETECHAMBERS PROVIDED IN SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL INWARDLY OF SAID BOTTOM WALL AND EACH ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A COOLING FLUID, AND SEPARATE CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF ANGULARLY DISPLACED DISCRETE CHAMBER FOR ADMITTING TO EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS COOLING FLUID.