US3998181A
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Apparatus for scraping metal coating on hot-coated metal strips
Assignee: Thyssen AG
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Filing: 1974-09-05
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Granted: 1976-12-21
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Expires: 1994-09-05
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus for scraping metal coatings of hot-coated metal strips such as when hot-galvanizing a steel strip comprising scraping nozzles located above a metal bath and an X-ray fluorescent measuring device disposed downstream of the nozzles for adjusting the pressure at the nozzles in accordance with the measured thickness of the coating so that a pre-determined coating thickness is obtained. The measuring device is supported in a cooling chamber which allows the measuring device to be brought relatively close to the nozzles and a gaseous cooling medium is blown through further nozzles in the space within the chamber between the strip and the measuring device.
Inventors
- 👤 Franz-Josef Bellen
- 👤 Alfons Nikoleizig
- 👤 Friedrich Meuters
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 10:03
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C2/00; C23C2/14; C23C2/16; C23C2/18; C23C2/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
In apparatus for scraping metal coatings of hot-coated metal strips, wherein an uncoated strip is passed through a metal coating bath and the thus coated strip is advanced upwardly and passed between scraping nozzles on opposite sides of the strip and measuring means including an x-ray flourescent-measuring device is disposed downstream of the nozzles for measuring the thickness of the coating to control the scraping effect of the nozzles, an improvement comprising a cooling chamber containing said measuring means and disposed at a location relatively close to said nozzles and spaced from said strip, and means for blowing a gaseous cooling medium into the intermediary space within said chamber, between the metal strip and the measuring means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
In apparatus for scraping metal coatings of hot-coated metal strips, wherein an uncoated strip is passed through a metal coating bath and the thus coated strip is advanced upwardly and passed between scraping nozzles on opposite sides of the strip and measuring means including an x-ray flourescent-measuring device is disposed downstream of the nozzles for measuring the thickness of the coating to control the scraping effect of the nozzles, an improvement comprising a cooling chamber containing said measuring means and disposed at a location relatively close to said nozzles and spaced from said strip, and means for blowing a gaseous cooling medium into the intermediary space within said chamber, between the metal strip and the measuring means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said cooling chamber has an inlet for the cooling medium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein said cooling medium is air.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said measuring means and the cooling chamber have an aperture facing the strip, and a cover closing said aperture and previous to Ka radiation from the metal coating.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said cooling chamber has an aperture facing said strip behind which is an aperture provided in the measuring means, a cover isolating said apertures from the remainder of the cooling chamber and previous to Ka radiation from the metal coating.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said blowing means comprises nozzles disposed outside said cooling chamber for blowing a cooling gas in the space between the measuring means and the cooling chamber and in front of the aperture in said cooling chamber.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein said blowing means comprises nozzles inside the cooling chamber for blowing a cooling gas in front of the measuring means adjacent the aperture therein.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprising means for displacing the cooling chamber relative to the metal strip.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 8 comprising distance sensing means associated with said measuring means for sensing the distance to said strip, said means for displacing the chamber comprising a drive motor, said distance sensing means being coupled to said drive motor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 9 wherein said distance sensing means comprises two distance detectors arranged above one another to determine average deviation between a nominal value and the actual value of the distance of the strip from the measuring means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprising drive means for displacing said measuring means within said cooling chamber in a direction away from said strip.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 11 comprising a temperature sensor associated with said chamber and connected to said drive means for displacing the measuring means away from the strip when a temperature exceeding a predetermined maximum is sensed.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 11 wherein said drive means comprises a piston-cylinder arrangement.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
62 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein deviation of the distance of the measuring means from the strip from a nominal value to the actual value is conveyed as a disturbance variable to an electronic evaluation circuit which supplies a signal corrected in consideration of the functional correlation between the sensitivity and the distance of the measuring means from the metal strip.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
104 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 14 wherein at least one scraping nozzle has a distance detector, which provides a signal corresponding to the distance of the metal strip from the scraping nozzle as a further disturbance variable to the evaluation circuit, and a pressure control device connected to the evaluation circuit and to the nozzles to reduce the pressure of the scraping nozzle arranged on one strip side should a reduction in distance occur, and to raise the pressure of the scraping nozzle arranged on the other side should the distance simultaneously increase, so that the scraping effect of the nozzles remains substantially constant.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 15 wherein on both sides of the metal strip there is respectively provided one said distance detector assigned to the corresponding scraping nozzle.
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