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Pattern assemblies

US4300617A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 16, 1979
Grant dateNov 17, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 16, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22C9/08
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In the art of investment casting, a refractory mold characterized by a casting system including a sprue passage, a cup at one end of the sprue passage, a runner extending from the cup and connecting to the sprue passage near its other end, at least one pattern cavity gated into the sprue passage between the ends of the runner, and a refractory wall in the cup dividing it into a pouring cup portion communicating with the runner and another portion communicating with the sprue passage. A pattern set-up designed to make the mold by the "lost pattern" process of investment casting.

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