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Countergravity casting apparatus

US4932461A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 13, 1988
Grant dateJun 12, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22D18/06
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Apparatus for the vacuum, countergravity casting of metal in shell molds including a gas permeable shell mold secured to the mouth of a vacuum box by a plurality of keepers on the ends of rotatable shafts reciprocably slidable through the ceiling of the vacuum box, which keepers are adapted for insertion into and rotation within an anchoring cavity in the mold such that the keeper engages a portion of the mold overhanging the cavity to secure the mold to the box.

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