MOBILE OVERFLOW Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC C23C2/00 C23C2/36 C23C2/40 

FIELD: metallurgy.

SUBSTANCE: inventions group relates to equipment for continuous hot dip coating of a metal strip and a method for applying a metal coating by hot dip. The equipment comprises an annealing furnace, a tank containing a liquid metal bath, a nozzle connecting the annealing furnace and said bath, through which a metal strip passes in a protective atmosphere, a movable support system on at least one side of the tank, and an overflow not connected to said nozzle, and including at least one cuvette and at least one pump. The nozzle has a nozzle tip that is at least partially immersed in the liquid metal bath to form a liquid seal with the surface of the bath and inside said nozzle. The movable support system comprises a connecting means by means of which the overflow is attached to said movable support system.

EFFECT: facilitating the positioning of the overflow and suppressing or at least limiting the deformation of the overflow in the molten metal bath.

11 cl, 13 dwg