Apparatus for delivering metal to a rotating continuous casting drum

Claim 1

Apparatus for delivery of a molten metal to and maintenance of a quiescent pool of said molten metal at the peripheral surface of a rotating drum dipping into said pool for casting of said metal onto the drum comprising a substantially rectangular trough, inlet means for introducing molten metal from a reservoir and outlet means for return of excess molten metal to said reservoir; said trough having a holding section and a casting section, first and second opposed, spaced-apart weirs mounted on adjacent internal walls of said holding and casting sections, and first weir adapted to discharge molten metal from the holding section and said second weir adapted to discharge molten metal from the casting section, means for adjusting the heights of said weirs relative to each other, a channel beneath said internal walls communicating with holding section with said casting section, baffle means disposed within said holding section to evenly distribute incoming molten metal across the holding section, a plate defining the upper face of said channel and extending into said casting section, the part of said plate that extends into said casting section being sloped upwardly, and an immersed baffle between said drum and said second weir, said weirs, internal walls, channel, baffle means, plate and immersed baffle extending transversely across the width of said trough.