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Vacuum casting apparatus

US5383514A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 1993
Grant dateJan 24, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2013

Classification

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

Abstract

A vacuum casting apparatus includes a molten metal passage for delivering molten metal into a sprue of a casting die encapsulated in a enclosure, a cylindrical stoke for communicating the molten metal passage with a reservoir tank, a stoke connecting member for biasing the stoke to a member on which the molten metal passage is formed, an auxiliary flange positioned around the stoke connecting member and contacting a surface of said enclosure, and a flexible plate member for air tightly closing a space between the stoke connecting member and the auxiliary flange.

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