MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517050507 A) filed by Krosakiharima Corporation, Fukuoka, Japan, on May 26, for 'continuous casting nozzle.'
Inventor(s) include Uchida, Yuya; Okada, Takuya; Kuroda, Takahiro; Yano, Junya; and Fujii, Satoru.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a continuous casting nozzle with which it is possible to mitigate concentrations of stress in the neck part and inhibit slippage. The present invention is a continuous casting nozzle 1 including a nozzle body 2 made of a refractory material having, in the vertical direction, an internal hole 21 through which molten steel passes, wherein the nozzle body 2 includes a flange part 22 at the upper end, the flange part 22 including, on the outer side surface thereof, a tapered part 221 that inclines downwards towards the internal hole 21, and on the lower surface thereof, a horizontal part 222 that extends horizontally from the lower end of the tapered part 221 towards the internal hole 21. The continuous casting nozzle 1 further includes a metal case 3 covering the outer periphery of the flange part 22, the metal case 3 including a horizontal plate part 31 that faces the horizontal part 222 of the flange part 22 with mortar 4 of a given thickness interposed therebetween, a pressing force from an outer lower direction being received by the horizontal plate part 31."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 02, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/039579.
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