A gas feed pipe connecting screw for a continuous casting nozzle which is
mounted to the continuous casting nozzle formed with an axially extending
ring-shaped slit concentric with a nozzle bore. The screw connects the
nozzle to a gas feed pipe for blowing a gas into the slit. The screw
includes a screw body having a gas feed hole formed through its central
portion, a flange fitted into a mounting hole formed in a side wall of
the continuous casting nozzle, a male thread engaging a first female
thread formed in the mounting hole, and a second female thread formed in
the gas feed hole for connection of the gas feed pipe. The flange has a
detent corner engaging refractory mortar filling the mounting hole.