Casting apparatus and method for producing castings using it

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11173544
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17184954

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A casting apparatus for producing a casting by pouring a metal melt into a gas-permeable casting mold by gravity, comprising: a gas-permeable casting mold comprising a cavity including a sprue composed of a tubular portion and a cup portion having a larger diameter than that of the tubular portion to receive the metal melt, a runner constituting a flow path of the metal melt supplied through the sprue, and a product-forming cavity to be filled with the metal melt sent through the runner; a means for pouring the metal melt into the sprue by gravity; a gas-blowing unit comprising a gas-ejecting member to be connected to the sprue; and a mechanism for moving the gas-ejecting member; the gas-ejecting-member-moving mechanism placing the gas-ejecting member at a position just above the tubular portion and not interfering with gravity pouring of the metal melt, and moving it downward for connection to the tubular portion; the gas-blowing unit having blowing a gas to fill the product-forming cavity with the metal melt.

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  • HITACHI METALS LTD

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Iwanaga, Toru Moka, JP 9 14
Kawabata, Masahide Moka, JP 14 29
Kokubo, Masafumi Moka, JP 4 1
Morita, Yutaka Moka, JP 50 479
Suehara, Kiyoshi Moka, JP 5 6

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