Foam pattern assembly for use in evaporative casting process
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsRobert A. Martin, Thomas J. Heater
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Abstract
The pattern assembly is comprised of: (a) mating first and second clamshell-shaped foam members, the first and second foam members meeting along exteriorly exposed joint margins defined by mateable surfaces extending along opposite sides of each of the members; (b) at least one other foam member nestable totally within the mated assembly of the first and second members and nestable without joint margins exposed to the exterior of the mated assembly; (c) surfaces enclosed within the mated assembly for piloting the first, second and other member into mating relationship; and (d) adhesive material bonding the first and other members together and bonding the second member to the assembly of the first and other member.
Claims9
A complex consumable foam pattern assembly for use in an evaporative pattern metal casting process, comprising:
- (a) mating first and second clamshell-shaped foam members, said first and second foam members meeting along exteriorly exposed joint margins defined by mateable surfaces extending along opposite sides of each of said members;
- (b) at least one other foam member nestable totally within the mated assembly of said first and second members and nestable without joint margins exposed to the exterior of said assembly;
- (c) surface means enclosed within said mated assembly for piloting said first, second and other members into mating relationship;
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- (d) adhesive means bonding said first and other members together and said second member to the assembly of said first and other member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.