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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsQuoc Tran Pham, Michael Deming, Theodore A. Waniuk, Sean Timothy O'Keeffe, Joseph Stevick
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Disclosed are vessels used for melting material to be injection molded to form a part. One vessel has a body formed from a plurality of elongate segments configured to be electrically isolated from each other and with a melting portion for melting meltable material therein. Material can be provided between adjacent segments. An induction coil can be used to melt the material in the body. Other vessels have a body with an embedded induction coil therein. The embedded coil can be configured to surround the melting portion, or can be positioned below and/or adjacent the melting portion, so that meltable material is melted. The vessels can be used to melt amorphous alloys, for example.
A vessel for melting meltable material comprising a body with a melting portion configured to receive meltable material to be melted therein, the body comprising a plurality of elongate segments configured to be electrically isolated from each other.
A vessel for melting meltable material comprising a body with a melting portion configured to receive meltable material to be melted therein and an induction coil embedded within the body configured to melt the meltable material received in the melting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.