Metal founding inventions 11/08

20080289789 - Elliptical tire mold and method for making same: A tire mold having a substantially elliptical base surface and a method for making a tire mold are provided. In one embodiment, a user selects a major axis length for the tire mold, then selects a ratio of the major axis length to a minor axis length. The tire mold... Agent: Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20080289790 - Casting method and casting plant for carrying out the method: In a casting method for producing a cast part, a melt to be cast is filed into a container and the mold is connected seal-tightly to the container. The mold and the container are rotated together so that the melt flows from the container into the mold. The mold and... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080289791 - Feed back unit, feed system and control device for a pressure die-casting machine: A feed block unit for a hot-runner feed system of a pressure die-casting machine includes a block body in which is incorporated at least one melt-conveying channel running out of the block body by way of a sprue orifice close to the gate, and a heating system, integrated into the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080289792 - Flaskless molding machine: The disclosed invention provides a molding machine that defines upper and lower molding spaces while cope and drag flasks 12,13 and a match plate 11 clamped therebetween are rotated from a horizontal position to a vertical position, and that readily places a core into a lower mold within the drag... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080283210 - Method of manufacturing cylinder head system for vehicle: A method for manufacturing a cylinder head system for a vehicle includes manufacturing a first main mold having an exhaust manifold mold and a first water jacket mold; manufacturing a second main mold having a second water jacket mold; and assembling the first main mold to the second main mold.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080283211 - Directional solidification method for incessantly producing the polysilicon ingot and the relative ingot casting pparatus: The present invention pertains to a method for incessantly producing polysilicon ingots, especially fabricated of an equality polycrystalline material. It contains a metallurgical method for continuously producing large amount of polysilicon ingot made by metal silicon, further comprising the steps of aligning empty graphite molds on furnace cars; preheating the... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080283212 - Gas lubricant and delivery apparatus: A lubricant delivery element for delivering lubricant into a cavity, the lubricant distribution element comprising a thin element of porous material for delivering lubricant into the cavity through the element.... Agent: Rodman Rodman

20080283213 - Water-cooling mold for metal continuous casting: The invention provides a water-cooled mold for continuous casting. The mold comprises two water-cooled wide copper plates which are arranged opposite to each other in front and back direction and two water-cooled narrow copper plates which are arranged opposite to each other in left and right direction. The upper portion... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080277088 - Casting chamber: A casting chamber (1) of a die casting machine, includes an inlet (2) and a casting plunger which is arranged so as to be movable along the longitudinal axis of the casting chamber (1). The casting chamber (1) is composed of an inner tube (3) which is coated with a... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080277089 - Method and device for producing moulds or cores, in particular for foundry purposes: To produce moulds or cores for foundry purposes from a mixture (M) of moulding material or sand and a binder, the mixture (M) is shot using a shooting unit (2) or from a shooting tube (3) and a shooting head (4) through at least one discharge opening (7) arranged on... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080277090 - Investment casting cores and methods: An investment casting core combination includes a metallic casting core and a ceramic feedcore. A first region of the metallic casting core is embedded in the ceramic feedcore. The metallic casting core includes a plurality of body sections. The first region is along at least some of the body sections.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20080277091 - Aluminum ingot casting machine: An aluminum ingot casting machine comprising a source of molten metal, a rotatable annular ring, carrying ingot casting moulds and a drive means for indexing the moulds. The machine includes a vacuum demoulder having a vacuum seal arrangement comprising a sealing element having a flexible core which can deform to... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080271870 - Metal mold, and formed body molding method by the metal mold: A metal mold capable of preventing a nonuniform wall thickness from occurring in a cylindrical formed product, wherein a gate (8) for filling molding material is formed in alignment with the center axis (CL) of a tubular mold cavity (4) so that metered resin can be injected and filled from... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080271871 - Magnetic brake for continuous casting molds: The invention relates to a continuous casting mold, in particular a thin slab mold in which the flow of a liquid metal in the mold is influenced by a magnetic field generated by permanent magnets, wherein the permanent magnets have, over the width and/or height thereof, different magnetic strengths or... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080271872 - Ingot mold for casting slabs: Ingot mold for casting ultra thin slabs to be used, for instance, in a manufacturing plant for the manufacture of metal strips, having two wide concave walls (11) in the center and two flat portions (12) parallel to the plane of symmetry X in the end zones connected by two... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080271873 - Production of thin steel strip: A method of controlling in a twin roll strip caster the thickness of as-cast strip by determining and operating at a target depth of the casting pool and a target speed of the casting rolls. The as-cast strip may be cast to a customer-specified thickness or may be subsequently rolled... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP