Mold rollover apparatus

US7011138B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kenneth D. McKibben · Defiance, US
• Daniel D. Minor · Cadillac, US
• Mark Salgat · Pinconning, US
• Aleksandar Filipov · Bay City, US
• Brooks Lucas · Boon, US
• Michael J. Thompson · Sunrise, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 30, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22C17/08
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a mold rollover apparatus including a wheel member defining an axis and selectively rotatable about the axis and at least one carrier member carried by the wheel member and adapted to carry at least one mold member having a cast part disposed therein. The at least one carrier member is selectively rotatable at least from a first position, wherein the cast part is generally retained in the at least one mold member, to a second position, wherein the cast part is generally free to fall or drop from the at least one mold member. According to the present invention, the at least one carrier member is selectively rotatable about the axis at least from the first position to the second position independent of the rotation of the wheel member about the axis.