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US 2013/0277004 A1Published application
Shot tube plunger tip portion
OwnerWai Tuck Chowinventor
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Abstract
A die casting system according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure can include a shot tube plunger and a tip portion connected to the shot tube plunger. The tip portion can include an inner flange and a lip portion circumferentially disposed about the inner flange. A recess can be circumferentially disposed between the lip portion and the inner flange.
Claims25
A die casting system, comprising:
- a shot tube plunger;
- and
- a tip portion connected to said shot tube plunger, wherein said tip portion includes an inner flange and a lip portion circumferentially disposed about said inner flange, and a recess is circumferentially disposed between said lip portion and said inner flange.
A die casting system, comprising:
- a die including at least one die element that defines a die cavity;
- a shot tube in fluid communication with said die cavity;
- a shot tube plunger moveable within said shot tube to communicate a charge of material into said die cavity, and
- a tip portion connected to said shot tube plunger and having a front face, a rear face and an outer peripheral surface that extends between said front face and said rear face, wherein a lip portion circumferentially extends about said front face of said tip portion and establishes a recess at a radially inward position from said outer peripheral surface of said tip portion.
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A method of providing a tip portion of a shot tube plunger, comprising:
- circumferentially positioning a lip portion about an inner flange of the tip portion, the tip portion connected to an axially forward most portion of the shot tube plunger;
- and
- positioning a recess between the lip portion and the inner flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.