Claims
- 1. The method of processing alloy steel strip of various types which comprises passing one length of alloy steel strip of a first type continuously through a heat treating line, then through a molten salt bath in a tank with said length passing through the molten salt bath beneath and contacting a driven sink roll positioned in said tank, then above and in spaced apart relationship with a guide roll, covering said guide roll while said strip leaving the salt bath is passing over said guide roll, then passing said length through a rinse tank, then through a pickling bath, fastening the trailing end of said one length of alloy steel strip to the leading end of another length of alloy steel strip, continuing the above steps until a last length of alloy steel of the first type is being processed and an alloy steel strip of a second type which is not to be subject to the salt bath is to be processed, then fastening the leading end of a length of the second type of alloy steel strip to the trailing end of the last length of the first type of alloy steel strip, then raising said sink roll and its drive above said salt bath so that the second type of alloy steel strip will bypass the salt bath, uncovering said guide roll and raising said guide roll to contact said second type of alloy steel strip bypassing said molten salt bath, and continuing said processing with the sink roll being in raised or lowered position according to the type of alloy steel being treated, and with said guide roll being raised and uncovered or lowered and covered according to the type of alloy steel being treated.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 769,497 filed Feb. 17, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,119,109.
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Divisions (1)
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