US 7,481,966 B2Granted

System for supplying molten metal, container and a vehicle

AssigneeHoei Shokai Co., Ltd.

InventorsHitoshi Mizuno, Toshio Saitoh, Takeo Imanaka

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Abstract

A molten metal supplying system comprising a container having a main body capable of being hermetically sealed and having a passage through which compressed gas is received, a pipe having an outlet supplying molten metal in the container to the outside, the outlet downwardly extending, a reception dish receiving the molten metal capable of being placed below the pipe outlet, a holding member having a fulcrum to the pipe rotatably holding the reception dish, a wire with a first and second end, the first end connected to the reception dish or holding member, a pair of channel members at the outer bottom of the container main body, and a vehicle having a fork that can be inserted and removed from the channel members, a carriage on which the fork is mounted, a lift mechanism for lifting up and down the carriage, and a wire pull and return mechanism mounted on the carriage pulling and returning the wire with it's second end.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A molten metal supplying system, comprising:

(1) a container having:
a portable container main body capable of being hermetically sealed and storing molten metal, that has a passage through which a compressed gas is introduced from an outside;
a pipe that has an outlet and supplies the molten metal stored in the container main body to the outside:
the outlet downwardly extending;
a reception dish that receives the molten metal and that is capable of being placed below the outlet of the pipe;
a holding member that has a fulcrum to the pipe and rotatably holds the reception dish;
a wire that has a first end and a second end, the first end of which being connected to at least one of the reception dish and the holding member;
and
a pair of channel members disposed at the outer bottom of the container main body in a first direction, and
(2) a vehicle having:
a fork that is inserted into the pair of channel members and removed therefrom;
a carriage on which the fork is mounted;
a lift mechanism that lifts up and down the carriage;
and
a wire pull and return mechanism that is mounted on the carriage and pulls and returns the wire with the second end thereof.

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A container, comprising:

a portable container main body capable of being hermetically sealed and storing molten metal, that has a passage through which a compressed gas is introduced from an outside;
a pipe that has an outlet and supplies the molten metal stored in the container main body to the outside:
the outlet downwardly extending;
a reception dish that receives the molten metal and that is capable of being placed below the outlet of the pipe;
a holding member that has a fulcrum to the pipe and rotatably holds the reception dish between a first position in which the holding member is placed underneath the outlet of the pipe and a second position in which the holding member is retreated from the underneath of the outlet of the pipe;
a wire that has a first end and a second end, the first end is connected to at least one of the reception dish and the holding member;
a valve that has a first valve opening leading to the passage of the container main body, a second valve opening leading to a pipe for applying and reducing pressure, and a third valve opening leading to an air release portion and that has a first mode in which the gas flows between the first valve opening and the third valve opening and a second mode in which the gas flows between the first valve opening and the second valve opening;
and
an operation lever that is connected to the other end of the wire and to the valve, that is manually rotatable between a first operation position and a second operation position, that causes the valve to be placed in the first mode and the reception dish to be placed in the first position when placed in the first operation position, and that causes the valve to be placed in the second mode and the reception dish to be placed in the second position when placed in the second operation position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.