Vertically parted mould having a feeder unit therein
AssigneeFoseco International Limited
InventorsD. George Metevelis, Barry C. Wingfield
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Abstract
A mould for metal casting which is vertically parted into two parts, comprises one or more mould cavities and a plurality of feeder cavities each communicating with a mould cavity, and has a feeder unit comprising a plurality of interconnected feeder sleeves therein, each of the feeder sleeves surrounding one of the feeder cavities. The mould may be a vertically parted permanent mould or die, or particularly a vertically parted sand mould.
Claims18
An integral preformed mould parted vertically into only two parts the mould comprising one or more mould cavities and a plurality of feeder cavities each communicating with a mould cavity and the mould having therein a feeder unit comprising a plurality of interconnected feeder sleeves, each of the feeder sleeves having an inner surface and an outer surface and each of the feeder sleeves surrounding one of the feeder cavities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.