Wear plate locking system for casting and molding processes
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsDavid J. Dooley, Matthey S. Brummer
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Abstract
A locking system (12) for a mold (14) includes a first mold half (20), a second mold half (22), and a lock assembly that is coupled to one of the mold halves (20, 22). The lock assembly includes a wear plate (80), that is disposed between the first mold half (20) and the second mold half (22), and an adjustment element (86), which is disposed between the wear plate (80) and one of the mold halves (20,22). The lock assembly also includes a wear plate locking fastener (84), that locks the position of the wear plate (80), and an adjustment fastener (88), which is separate therefrom and adjusts the position of the wear plate (80).
Claims17
A locking system for a mold comprising:
- a first mold half;
- a second mold half;
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- a lock assembly coupled to at least one of said first mold half and said second mold half, said lock assembly comprising;
- at least one wear plate disposed between said first mold half and said second mold half;
- at least one adjustment element disposed between said wear plate and at least one of said first mold half and said second mold half;
- at least one locking fastener locking said at least one wear plate;
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- at least one adjustment fastener separate from said at least one wear plate locking fastener and adjusting position of said at least one adjustment element.
A system as in 3 wherein said first angled locking half and said second angled locking half comprise angled locking surfaces that are approximately 15° from a mold closing line extending along a displacement closing direction of said first mold half and said second mold half.
A locking system for a mold comprising:
- a first mold half;
- a second mold half;
- a lock assembly coupled to at least one of said first mold half and said second mold half,
- said lock assembly comprising;
- at least one wear plate disposed between said first mold half and said second mold half;
- at least one wear plate locking fastener;
- and
- at least one adjustment fastener separate from said at least one wear plate locking fastener and adjusting position of said at least one wear plate;
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- an angled mold lock comprising;
- a first angled locking half;
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- a second angled locking half that is fitted within said first angled locking half.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.