# US 5,705,204 A · Model for a casting mold

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- Number: US 5,705,204 A
- Document ID: US5705204A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/585,686
- Filed: 1996-01-16
- Granted: 1998-01-06
- Earliest claimed: 1993-03-17
- Assignees: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Friedrichshafen GmbH
- Inventors: Heinz Hofmeister; Helmut Schmollinger
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5705204A

## CPC

- B22C 9/22: Moulds for peculiarly-shaped castings
- B22C 9/103: {Multipart cores}
- Y10S 425/058: Undercut
- B22C: FOUNDRY MOULDING (moulding refractory materials in general B28B)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A model for a casting mold, particularly for the casting of blade wheels for turbo-engines, includes multiple cores which can be fitted into one another. The cores have exterior rings, portions of blade duct cores and connector plates. The portions of the blade duct cores supplement one another.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A model for a casting mold used to form a complete cast piece, comprising:
first and second rotationally symmetrical one-piece cores which can be fitted into one another;
said first core having a shoulder and a plurality of first blade-shaped segments extending from said shoulder lead to a first connector plate;
said second core having an exterior ring to radially rest said second core against said shoulder;
a plurality of second blade-shaped segments leading from said exterior ring to a second connector plate; and
wherein at least one of said second blade-shaped segments and said exterior ring abut said first blade-shaped segments in a circumferential direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A model for a casting mold according to claim 1, wherein the first and second blade-shaped segments have contact surfaces which are essentially in parallel to a joint axis of rotation of said mold.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A model for a casting mold according to claim 1, wherein the first and second connector plates of the first and second cores are arranged concentrically above one another.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A model for a casting mold according to claim 3, wherein the second connector plate rests radially against a step of the first connector plate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A model for a casting mold according to claim 1, wherein a third core is held by the first and second cores.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A model for a casting mold according to claim 1, wherein a third core is connected via a ring-shaped core mark and is supported via the second core.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A model for a casting mold according to claim 1, wherein a third core is provided with sections which engage in recesses on the exterior ring.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A model for a casting mold according to claim 1, wherein a third core is provided with shoulders which engage in recesses on the exterior ring.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A model for a casting mold according to claim 1, wherein the first blade-shaped segments of the first core engage in recesses on the exterior ring.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A model according to claim 1, wherein said casting mold defines a blade wheel structure for turbo-engines.

### Claim 11

A pattern for a casting mold having an upper box and a lower box, comprising:
a core assembly group insertable into one of said upper and lower boxes to form the casting mold, said core assembly group comprising:
a first rotationally symmetrical one-piece core having a shoulder and several first blade-shaped segments extending from said shoulder to a first connector plate, a rotational axis of the core assembly group extends through said first connector plate;
a second rotationally symmetrical one-piece core having an exterior ring from which several second blade-shaped segments extend to a second connector plate, said second core nesting with said first core such that the exterior ring rests against the shoulder and said second connector plate is coaxially arranged about said rotational axis with said first connector plate; and
a third core formed of individual core segments connected together with a ring-shaped core mark, said third core being supported via the second core.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

A pattern according to claim 11, wherein said core segments of said third core include shoulders which engage in a circumferential direction against stops formed on at least one of said first and second cores.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

A pattern according to claim 11, wherein each of said several first and second blade-shaped segments is designed as at least one surface of a blade so as to define a final shape of a blade after casting.