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EP 0949025 B1 20030820 - Strand guiding

Title (en)

Strand guiding

Title (de)

Strangführungseinrichtung

Title (fr)

Guidage du brin

Publication

EP 0949025 B1 20030820 (DE)

Application

EP 99250082 A 19990318

Priority

DE 19816577 A 19980408

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0949025A1] The rolls (21, 22) have sleeves (24) whose end openings are oriented vertically. These sleeves correspond to connecting lines (31-34) in the form of metal pipes which are joined at one end to the cooling agent supply source, while at the other end they interact with a seal system which allows a leakage-free axial and lateral relative motion between the pipe end and the sleeve (24).

IPC 1-7

B22D 11/128

IPC 8 full level

B22D 11/128 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B22D 11/1287 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT DE FR GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0949025 A1 19991013; EP 0949025 B1 20030820; AT E247536 T1 20030915; DE 19816577 C1 19991118; DE 59906629 D1 20030925

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 99250082 A 19990318; AT 99250082 T 19990318; DE 19816577 A 19980408; DE 59906629 T 19990318