Front loading centrifugal spin caster
AssigneeTekcast Associates, Inc.
InventorLeonard S. Schaer
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Abstract
A front loading spin caster for spin casting a mold includes a vertically stationary top plate, a vertical movable bottom plate, a housing in which the top and bottom plates are disposed, a loading door disposed on one of the sides of the housing and adapted to allow the mold to be moved therethrough in a generally horizontal direction and placed on the bottom plate. The bottom plate can then be moved vertically upward to cause the mold to contact the top plate and a rotational force applied to the top plate propagates from the top plate through the mold to the bottom plate, the top plate, bottom plate and mold thus rotating together.
Claims7
A spin casting machine for spinning a mold, comprising:
- a spin caster housing;
- a vertically stationary top plate disposed within the housing and adapted to rotate about a substantially vertical axis, said top plate having an aperture at the center thereof through which a liquid material is adapted to pass to said mold;
- a vertically movable bottom plate disposed within the housing and adapted to rotate about said substantially vertical axis;
- a loading door disposed on a side of the housing and adapted to allow said mold to be moved therethrough in a generally horizontal direction and placed on the bottom plate;
- means for moving said bottom plate vertically upward to cause the mold to contact the top plate;
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- means for applying a rotational force to said top plate, said rotational force propagating from said top plate through said mold to said bottom plate, the top plate, bottom plate and mold thus rotating together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.