Molten metal transfer device
AssigneeMolten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC
InventorsPaul V. Cooper, Vince Fontana
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Abstract
A device includes a molten metal pump and a metal-transfer conduit. A clamp may be used to attach the metal-transfer conduit to the pump. The pump has a pump base including an indentation configured to receive the metal-transfer conduit and align the pump outlet with the transfer inlet. The pump outlet may be formed in the indentation and preferably near the center of the indentation in order to better align with the transfer inlet. As the pump operates it moves molten metal through a pump outlet that is in communication with a transfer inlet in the metal-transfer conduit. The molten metal enters the transfer inlet, moves upwards in a passage in the metal-transfer conduit, and out of a transfer outlet.
Claims20
A device for transferring molten metal, the device comprising:
- (a) a pump configured for pumping the molten metal, wherein the pump comprises (i) a pump base including a pump chamber, a pump outlet, and a discharge extending from the pump chamber to the pump outlet, (ii) a rotor in the pump chamber, (iii) a front side that includes an indentation, wherein the pump outlet is positioned in the indentation, (iv) a platform configured to support a motor, and (v) a clamp attached to the platform, wherein the clamp has side plates with ridges;
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- (b) a metal-transfer conduit having (i) a top portion and a bottom portion, (ii) a transfer inlet and a transfer outlet, (iii) a passage extending from the transfer inlet to the transfer outlet, (iv) a plurality of sides, (v) grooves in two of the plurality of sides, wherein the clamp is attached to the top portion and the ridges are received in the grooves, and wherein the bottom portion of the transfer conduit is positioned in the indentation and the transfer inlet is juxtaposed and in fluid communication with the pump outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.