Gas wiping method and gas wiping apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9573172
APP PUB NO 20140360537A1
SERIAL NO

14373972

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A gas wiping apparatus includes a pair of wiping nozzles which are disposed so as to face each other and interpose a coated steel sheet therebetween in a thickness direction of the coated steel sheet, and each of which ejects a wiping gas along a width direction of the coated steel sheet; a gas shield plate that is disposed at a position which separates toward an outside from each end portion of the coated steel sheet so that the gas shield plate is interposed between the pair of wiping nozzles; and a side nozzle that ejects a gas to form a gas flow along each surface of the gas shield plate in a direction reverse to a direction in which the coated steel sheet is pulled upward.

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  • NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Amano, Yoko Tokyo, JP 1 1
Fukuoka, Shinichi Tokyo, JP 2 5
Oohashi, Tooru Tokyo, JP 6 30
Suemune, Yoshihiro Tokyo, JP 9 133

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