1. Cooled continuous casting mold (1) for casting metal, especially steel, with a casting format (GF) formed by two opposite wide sides (2, 3) and two opposite narrow sides (4, 5), where the wide sides (2, 3) have a cooling zone designed for the maximum casting width with several cooling channels (7) that extend in the direction of casting, are connected to a coolant circuit, and comprise inlet and outlet channels (8), and where, in the area of the narrow sides (4, 5), the cooling channels (7) can be at least partially blocked by blocking elements, wherein the narrow sides (4, 5) can be adjusted to set up a predetermined casting format with the desired casting width; in that the blocking elements are designed to block, at least partially, the cooling channels (7), and, alternatively or additionally, to block the inlet andor outlet channels (8) in the adjustment region; and in that the cooling channels andor the inlet andor outlet channels are blocked in such a way that the blocking action decreases from the narrow side into the casting format.
2. Continuous casting mold according to claim 1, wherein the blocking starts from the maximum cooling width and extends beyond the narrow sides into the casting format by a maximum of 100 mm.
3. Continuous casting mold according to claim 1, wherein the at least partial blocking takes place in the mold plate, in the steel intermediate plate of a cassette mold, andor in the water box.
4. Continuous casting mold according to claim 1, wherein, to realize the decreasing blocking action, the blocking elements (10) have a form (12) which tapers toward the center of the mold.
5. Continuous casting mold according to claim 1, wherein the coolant is water, and in that the water flow rate in the region of the cooling channels andor inlet andor outlet channels that can be at least partially blocked is a maximum of 25 ms and a minimum of 0.5 ms.
6. Continuous casting mold according to claim 1, wherein the water flow rate of the cooling channels in the cooling zone with cooling channels that are not blocked is a minimum of 0.5 ms.
7. Continuous casting mold according to claim 6, wherein the blocking elements (10) can be moved back and forth along with the associated narrow side (4, 5).
8. Continuous casting mold according to claim 1, wherein the blocking elements (10) in the form of pins are mounted on a narrow side support (11).
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A clip of a generally U-shape capable of alternating between a folded state and an extended state comprising:
a shank;
a first and a second upwardly turning leg at each end of the shank;
a first arm pivotally attached to the first leg and a second arm pivotally attached to the second leg; and
a means for maintaining the shank, the legs and the arms in the generally U-shaped configuration when the clip is in the extended state.
2. The clip of claim 1 where the first arm and the second arm pivot inwardly towards the shank to form the folded state.
3. The clip of claim 2 where the first leg is longer than the second leg and the second arm rests against the shank and the first arm rest against the second arm when the clip is in a folded state.
4. The clip of 3 where the shank has a first depression for receiving a spine on the second arm and the second arm has a second depression for receiving a spine on the first arm.
5. The clip of claim 2 further comprising a means for attaching a key ring or other device to the clip.
6. The clip of claim 5 where the means for attaching is an opening in the shank or an opening in a portion attached to the shank.
7. The clip of claim 6 where the means for attaching is located on the shank adjacent to either the first leg or the second leg
8. The clip of claim 2 further comprising a magnet attached to the clip for securing the clip to a metal object.
9. The clip of claim 8 where the magnet is located on the shank.
10. The clip of claim 2 where one of the first or second legs is longer than the other of the first of second legs to facilitate forming the folded state.
11. The clip of claim 10 where the shank has a first depression to receive a spine on the arm attached to a shorter leg and the shorter leg has a second depression to receive a spine on the arm attached to a longer leg.
12. The clip of claim 2 where the means for maintaining the shank, the legs and the arms in the generally U-shaped configuration when the clip is in the extended state is the angularities created in the pivotal attachment of the first arm to the first leg and the pivotal attachment of the second arm to the second leg.
13. The clip of claim 1 further comprising a rib structure incorporated into the shank, the first and second legs and the first and second arms.
14. The clip of claim 4 further comprising a rib structure incorporated into the shank, the first and second legs and the first and second arms.
15. The clip of claim 7 further comprising a rib structure incorporated into the shank, the first and second legs and the first and second arms.
16. The clip of claim 9 further comprising a rib structure incorporated into the shank, the first and second legs and the first and second arms.
17. The clip of claim 11 further comprising a rib structure incorporated into the shank, the first and second legs and the first and second arms.