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US 4,907,638 AGranted
Evaporable foam pattern for use in casting a cylinder head
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorsJames C. Hubbell, Gordon L. Stiller, David D. Liegeois
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AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorsJames C. Hubbell, Gordon L. Stiller, David D. Liegeois
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An evaporable foam pattern for producing a cast metal head for a multiple cylinder engine. The assembled pattern includes an elongated block of evaporable foam material having opposed inner and outer faces. A plurality of generally circular head recesses are formed in the inner face and define the cylinder heads in the metal casting. The block is also formed with an internal passage including a group of annular chambers that surround the head recesses and channels interconnect adjacent chambers. The block also has an inlet which communicates with one end of the internal passage and an outlet that communicates with the opposite end of the passage. The pattern is composed of a pair of longitudinal pattern sections having abutted edges that are joined together by an adhesive. The heads, as well as the inlet and outlet, are located in one of the pattern sections, while the two sections in combination define the internal passage.
An evaporable foam pattern for producing a cast metal cylinder head for a multi-cylinder engine, the assembled pattern comprising an elongated block of evaporable foam material having an inner face and an outer face, a plurality of generally cylindrical head recesses disposed in said inner face and defining in the metal casting the heads for a plurality of cylinders, internal passage means disposed in said block and surrounding said recesses, inlet means connected to said passage means, outlet means connected to said passage means, said assembled pattern composed of a pair of longitudinal pattern sections having abutting surfaces, said abutting surfaces disposed generally parallel to said inner and outer faces, said recesses disposed solely in a first of said sections, and means for joining the abutting surfaces.
An evaporable foam pattern for producing a metal cast cylinder head for a multi-cylinder engine, the assembled pattern comprising an elongated block of an evaporable foam material having an inner face and an outer face, a plurality of generally circular recesses disposed in said inner face and defining in the metal casting the heads of a plurality of cylinders, the inner end of each recess being enclosed by a bottom, internal passage means disposed within the block and including a plurality of generally annular chambers, each chamber being disposed concentrically outward of a corresponding recess, said passage means also including a channel interconnecting adjacent chambers, inlet means connected to one end of said passage means, outlet means connected to the opposite of said passage means, said assembled pattern composed of a pair of longitudinal sections having abutting surfaces, said abutting surfaces being generally parallel to said inner and outer faces, said recesses disposed solely in one of said pattern sections, said sections in combination defining said passage means, and a layer of adhesive joining said abutting surfaces of said pattern sections.
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