(19)
(11) EP 0 800 881 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
14.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/29

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
03.09.2003 Bulletin 2003/36

(21) Application number: 97302653.7

(22) Date of filing: 18.04.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B22D 11/06, B22D 27/18

(54)

Casting steel strip

Verfahren zum Giessen von Stahlbändern

Procédé de coulée de bandes en acier

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 19.04.1996 AU PN937696

(43) Date of publication of application:
15.10.1997 Bulletin 1997/42

(73) Proprietor: Castrip, LLC
Charlotte, NC 28211 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Strezov, Lazar
    Adamstown, NSW 2289 (AU)

(74) Representative: Lerwill, John et al
A.A. Thornton & Co. 235 High Holborn
London, WC1V 7LE
London, WC1V 7LE (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 0 740 972
WO-A-96/34709
 WO-A-94/12300
   
  • PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 007, no. 275 (M-261), 8 December 1983 & JP 58 154447 A (SUMITOMO KINZOKU KOGYO KK), 13 September 1983
  • PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 018, no. 538 (M-1686), 13 October 1994 & JP 06 190516 A (NIPPON STEEL CORP), 12 July 1994
   
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