Method and apparatus for continuous horizontal casting

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND CASTING MOLTEN METAL INTO A LENGTHWISE-EXTENDING INTEGRAL PIECE WHICH COMPRISES, A FRAME, A HOUSING CARRIED BY SAID FRAME AND DEFINING A MOLTEN METAL RECEIVING CHAMBER THEREIN AND AN ADJACENT CONTROL CHAMBER THEREIN, MEANS FOR FEEDING MOLTEN METAL INTO SAID RECEIVING CHAMBER, A SERIES OF PIVOTALLY-INTERCONNECTED MOLDS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME FOR FORWARD MOVEMENT HORIZONTALLY BENEATH SAID HOUSING, A MOVABLE WALL OPERATIVELY-CARRIED WITHIN SAID CONTROL CHAMBER AND COOPERATING WITH SAID INTERCONNECTED MOLDS TO DEFINE A HORIZONTAL MOLD CHAMBER, A FEED ORIFICE OPEN DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID RECEIVING CHAMBER FOR FEEDING MOLTEN METAL INTO A BACK END OF SAID MOLD CHAMBER, MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID MOVABLE WALL TO CAST MOLTEN METAL WITHIN SAID MOLD CHAMBER, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY FORWARDLY-ADVANCING SAID INTERCONNECTED MOLDS WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOUSING AS MOLTEN METAL INCREMENTS ARE PROGRESSIVELY CAST WITHIN SAID MOLD CHAMBER AND FOR ADVANCING A FORWARD PORTION OF THE CAST METAL PIECE OUT OF A FORWARD END OF SAID MOLD CHAMBER, AND MEANS FOR STRIPPING THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE CAST METAL PIECE FROM THE INTERCONNECTED ADVANCING MOLDS FORWARDLY OF SAID MOLD CHAMBER. 10.A METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY FORMING AND ADVANCING A LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING METAL SLAB WHICH COMPRISES, CHARGING MOLTEN METAL INTO A TUNDISH CHAMBER WHILE ENDTECTING IT FROM THE AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE, PROGRESSIVELY ENDWISE-FORWARDLY ADVANCING A CONTINUOUSLY-PIVOTALLY-CONNECTED SERIES OF OPEN-TOP AND OPEN-END MOLDS HORIZONTALLY IN AN ALIGNED END-WISE-ABUTTING RELATION ALONG AND BENEATH