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Class 164 | METAL FOUNDING |
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1 | PROCESS |
2 | Printing plate (e.g., stereotype, etc.) forming |
4.1 | With measuring, testing, inspecting, or condition determination |
451 | Of continuous or semicontinuous casting |
456 | During foundry sand treating or mold making |
457 | During feeding of metal to mold |
458 | During cooling of mold |
5 | Including recycling of process material |
6 | Shaping a forming surface (e.g., mold making, etc.) |
7.1 | Utilizing a vacuum during shaping |
8 | Utilizing a frozen mercury pattern |
9 | Final product part or material, utilized in forming or included in shaping member |
12 | Setting or hardening shaping surface by igniting mold surface or by utilizing a forced gaseous medium |
13 | Shaping plate type pattern |
14 | With subsequent coating of casting surface with cast product treating or release material |
15 | Shaping fluent material to form mold |
16 | Chemically reactive gas hardening of forming material |
17 | Shaping forming surface by mechanically removing material therefrom or subdividing forming surface to provide plural parts |
18 | Forming discrete molds sequentially |
19 | By spraying or slinging material against shaping surface |
23 | Composite, plural part or multilayered mold |
24 | Sequentially forming mold portions on same shaping member |
27 | Shaping plural separable mold parts |
30 | Positioning or maintaining position of core relative to the mold |
33 | Lining mold surface |
34 | With destruction of pattern to disassociate |
37 | By compacting material against shaping surface |
38 | Diverse pressure applications |
39 | Vibrating or jolting during shaping |
40 | Utilizing pattern as compacting member |
520 | Utilizing particular mold materials |
521 | Self-hardenable molding material |
522 | Water soluble mold material |
523 | To perfect casting surface |
524 | To prevent casting oxidation |
525 | Particular binder material |
529 | Particular refractory material |
44 | Including pattern withdrawal |
45 | Pattern making |
46 | Disposition of a gaseous or projected particulate molten material on a shaping surface |
47 | Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface |
459 | Continuous or semicontinuous casting |
460 | Including product cutting or breaking |
461 | Forming a composite article |
462 | Forming filament, wire, or ribbon |
464 | Forming a hollow article |
466 | Utilizing magnetic force |
467 | Molten metal shaped by electromagnetic field |
468 | Applying electromagnetic stirring force to molten metal within mold or product |
469 | Utilizing electric arc or electron beam melting |
471 | Utilizing induction heating |
472 | Including lubricating of mold surface |
473 | Incorporating additional material or chemically reactive agent |
474 | Utilizing a vacuum |
475 | With inert or reducing gaseous atmosphere |
476 | With metal working |
477 | With diverse treatment |
478 | Having mold or product vibration or reciprocation |
479 | Having continuously advancing shaping surface |
483 | Starting up or ending casting process |
484 | Specific product withdrawal |
485 | Specific mold or product cooling |
488 | Specific molten metal dispensing |
491 | Adjusting mold size |
48 | Direct application of electrical or wave energy to work |
492 | To electrically heat work material |
498 | Utilizing magnetic energy |
501 | Utilizing sonic or supersonic wave energy |
53 | In situ reactive heating |
55.1 | Incorporating addition or chemically reactive agent to metal casting material |
61 | Utilizing a vacuum |
62 | Applying diverse pressure |
63 | To transport casting material to mold (e.g., vacuum forming, etc.) |
65 | During introduction to metal |
66.1 | Applying an inert or reducing gaseous atmosphere to work |
69.1 | With step of subdividing or removing material from product or preform (e.g., cutting, mechanically or by heat; sandblasting; chemical milling; etc.) |
71.1 | With vibratory treatment of casting material |
72 | Coating mold surface with a treating agent |
75 | With coating of preformed workpiece |
76.1 | Combined |
77 | Slush casting type |
78 | Incorporating product dividing member |
79 | Employing a pore producing agent |
80 | Casting metal introduced into mold as a solid |
81 | Utilizing a liquid shaping surface |
90 | Forming product having interconnected movable parts |
91 | Composite article forming |
92.1 | Repairing or restoring article for use |
93 | Co-molding diverse metals utilizing removable or fusible partition |
94 | Sequential casting to form single product |
97 | Incorporating particulate material |
98 | Shaping metal and uniting to a preform |
99 | Co-molding diverse metals |
100 | Including preconditioning preform |
106 | Cast metal reshapes preform |
107 | Preform utilized to affect cast metal (e.g., to chill, to cap, etc.) |
108 | Uniting plural preforms or spaced preform portions |
111 | Preform particularly provided with means to provide interlock with cast metal |
112 | Positioning or maintaining position of preform relative to mold surface |
113 | Pressure forming |
114 | By centrifugal force |
115 | Plural constant speeds |
116 | Tilting of axis of rotation |
117 | Axially progressive casting |
118 | Positive heating or cooling of mold |
119 | By direct fluid pressure |
120 | Pressure applied after introduction of metal |
121 | Preconditioning of apparatus |
122 | Controlling solidification (other than ambient cooling) |
122.1 | Unidirectional solidification |
123 | By application of insulation to melt surface |
124 | By direct application of flame or gas |
125 | Localized or zone heat dissipation |
128 | By utilizing a cooling liquid |
129 | Forming plural articles |
131 | Removing article from forming surface |
133 | Introduction control or manipulation of charge |
134 | Separation of unwanted component from melt |
135 | Charge introduced as a plurality of streams |
136 | By movement of mold, charger, or part thereof |
137 | Assembling of mold parts |
138 | Utilizing particular shaping surface material |
139 | APPARATUS FOR CASTING PRINTING PLATES (E.G., STEREOTYPE, ETC.) |
140 | Including means for severing or trimming product while associated with mold |
141 | Including melting chamber |
144 | Including positive mold heating or cooling means |
145 | Including stripping means |
146 | INCLUDING MEANS TO DIRECTLY APPLY MAGNETIC FORCE TO WORK OR TO MANIPULATE OR HOLD SHAPING MEANS |
149 | MEANS LUBRICATING RELATIVELY MOVING AND CONTACTING APPARATUS PARTS |
150.1 | WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR OR INSPECTION MEANS |
151 | Pressure indicating means |
151.1 | Including speed sensor |
151.2 | Including position or spatial dimension sensor |
151.4 | Including thermal sensor |
152 | WITH SAFETY CONTROL MEANS |
154.1 | CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO OR ACTUATED BY MEANS SENSING OR MEASURING A CONDITION OR VARIABLE (I.E., AUTOMATIC CONTROL) |
155.1 | Control of feed material enroute to shaping area |
155.2 | Responsive to material level |
449.1 | In continuous casting apparatus |
450.1 | Including sensor comprising electrode or float |
450.2 | Including radioactive sensor |
450.3 | Including thermal sensor |
450.4 | Including optical sensor |
450.5 | Including magnetic sensor |
156.1 | Including electrode or float sensor |
155.3 | Responsive to pressure |
155.4 | Responsive to position or spatial dimension |
155.6 | Responsive to thermal condition |
155.7 | Responsive to weight |
413 | Control of product withdrawal means in continuous casting apparatus |
414 | Control of coolant applied to continuously cast product |
154.2 | Responsive to position or spatial dimension |
154.6 | Responsive to thermal condition |
154.8 | Responsive to pressure |
157 | WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO INDEPENDENT TIMING MEANS |
158 | WITH POSITIVE CLEANING MEANS FOR APPARATUS |
159 | MEANS TO SHAPE A FORMING SURFACE |
160.1 | Including means applying vacuum directly to mold material |
161 | Including means for sweeping or cutting forming surface |
165 | Shell type mold making machine |
167 | And separate metal casting means |
169 | Including means for compacting particulate fluent mold materials |
170 | Flexible or deformable pressure means |
172 | Plural rammers |
174 | By die expressing |
175 | By centrifugal means |
176 | Pipe mold type forming means |
180 | Having means for withdrawing forming surface from shaping means |
181 | Withdrawing station downstream of compacting station |
182 | Means withdrawing pattern plate intermediate cope and drag member |
183 | Having means for inverting pattern, flask, or shaping member |
186 | Core making machine |
187 | Pattern member acting as compressing member |
189 | Utilizing vibrating means |
190 | Stripping plate |
191 | Drop pattern plate or support |
192 | Including means for feeding material by gravity |
195 | Diverse means for applying pressure forces |
198 | Sand slinger type compactor |
200 | Blow type compactor |
201 | Including means for relatively moving blow means into engagement with shaping member |
202 | Including foraminous blow discharge means |
203 | By vibrating means (e.g., jarring, jolting, etc.) |
204 | Including cooperating static rammer means |
205 | Roll or rock-over type machine |
206 | By fluid actuated vibrator means |
207 | Press type compactor |
213 | Including means for separating forming surface from shaping means |
214 | Means effecting parallel draw of cope and pattern plate respectively from each other and the drag |
215 | Means rotatably withdrawing pattern |
217 | Utilizing a stripping plate |
222 | Including pattern having relatively moving parts |
223 | By vibrating means |
224 | Having means to invert flask or pattern |
225 | By drop pattern plate or support |
226 | By pin lifting arrangement for contacting mold |
227 | Means for displacing mold part from stationary shaping member |
228 | Means for shaping core (e.g., core boxes, core molds, etc.) |
229 | Including character forming member (indicia) |
230 | Including means positioning preform part for forming composite core member |
232 | Detachable or movable member for producing a recess or cavity in core member |
233 | Hinged core box sections |
234 | Including vent or vent forming means |
235 | Pattern |
236 | Insert or chill supporting |
237 | Including flask member |
238 | Pattern or pattern holding member supported by aperture in flask or flask member |
239 | Pattern plate |
241 | Pattern plate |
244 | Sprue, gate or runner |
245 | To produce undercut |
246 | Destructible type pattern |
247 | Rotatable or pivotal pattern or pattern section |
248 | Loose piece type |
249 | Composite or plural part |
250.1 | MEANS TO DIRECTLY APPLY ELECTRICAL OR WAVE ENERGY TO WORK |
505 | In continuous casting apparatus |
510 | Electrical discharge knockout means |
511 | High frequency vibration means |
512 | Electron beam melting means |
513 | Induction coil means |
514 | Arc electrode |
253 | MEANS TO APPLY VACUUM DIRECTLY TO WORK OR TO HOLD OR MANIPULATE SHAPING MEANS |
259 | MEANS PROVIDING INERT OR REDUCING ATMOSPHERE |
260 | INCLUDING VIBRATOR MEANS |
262 | WITH PRODUCT SEVERING OR TRIMMING MEANS |
263 | Associated with continuous casting means |
264 | Gate member acting as severing means |
265 | Punch out type gate severing means |
266 | WITH METAL REFINING MEANS |
267 | WITH COATING MEANS |
269 | WITH MEANS FOR HANDLING EXPELLED CAST PRODUCT |
270.1 | COMBINED |
271 | MEANS TO SHAPE METALLIC MATERIAL |
272 | Metal revolving or tumbling type shaping means |
418 | Continuous or semicontinuous casting |
419 | Including means to convey preformed product part to mold |
420 | Plural distinct shaping outlets |
421 | Hollow casting |
423 | Filament or wire casting |
424 | Including shape-perfecting means |
425 | Including starter bar |
427 | Continuously advancing mold part |
435 | Having deformable mold wall or thermal expansion compensating means |
436 | Adjustable mold size |
437 | Including means to dispense or distribute metal charge |
441 | Including product supporting or withdrawal means |
443 | Having casting material cooling means |
284 | Pressure shaping means |
285 | Including a pressure gas or pressure vapor generator |
286 | Centrifugal casting means |
287 | Having balancing means |
288 | Including means to hold or position preformed product part |
289 | Having mold radially disposed from axis of rotation |
291 | Having mold expansion or warpage compensator |
292 | Having mold or mold part clamping means |
294 | Including brake means |
295 | Including means to remove product from mold |
296 | Having plural mold cavities |
297 | Having coolant applying means |
298 | Horizontal or near horizontal axis of mold rotation |
302 | Including core means |
303 | Injection type |
304 | Including valved mold gate |
305 | Including means to vent die cavity or gate |
306 | Direct pneumatic charging means |
307 | Manually operated pressure generator |
308 | Flask sealing cap contains a pressure conduit |
309 | Hot chamber type |
312 | Piston-cylinder charger |
319 | Inelastic compression means for confined metal |
322 | Plural independent molds |
332 | Including means to hold or position preformed product part in shaping area |
335 | Including ladle or crucible type melt receptacle |
336 | Rotatable with mold or dipper type dispenser |
337 | Having flow control or conduit means intermediate the receptacle and mold |
338.1 | Including means to heat mold |
339 | Including means to assemble mold parts |
340 | Core positioning means |
341 | Having auxiliary means for locking assembled parts in place |
342 | Permanent mold parts |
344 | Including means to eject or separate product from shaping surface |
348 | Including means to apply coolant to mold or casting |
349 | United particle type shaping surface (e.g., sand, etc.) |
350 | Mold having individual mold cavities for forming plural products |
352 | Including metal chill |
353 | As part of shaping surface |
354 | Chill is a core or core part |
355 | Plural spaced chill sections |
356 | Hollow annular center section chill (i.e., ring) |
357 | Consumable chill |
358 | Including apertured strainer means for separating unwanted component from casting material |
359 | Including means to compensate for shrinkage (e.g., shrink head, etc.) |
361 | Shell type mold |
362 | Having means to restrict turbulence of flow during casting |
363 | Bottom gate or side pouring mold |
364 | Comprised of separable parts |
369 | Core |
371 | Chill, shaping type |
374 | FLASK OR FLASK SECTION |
375 | Including roll or rock-over means |
376 | Investment type (e.g., dental, etc.) |
377 | Size adjustable |
379 | Including means to retain or reinforce mold sand or to position reinforcement |
380 | Sand strip |
382 | Depending reinforcement (e.g., gagger, etc.) |
383 | Flask wall surface construction retains sand |
384 | Plural part flask or flask section |
394 | MOLD JACKET OR SLIP BOX |
397 | CORE CENTERING OR SUPPORTING MEANS |
401 | STRIPPER OR EJECTOR |
402 | Including means for inverting pattern |
403 | Fluid actuated pattern stripping means |
404 | Means to separate cast product from shaping surface |
409 | MEANS TO INVERT A PATTERN PLATE OR A MOLD (E.G., TURN-OVER DEVICE, ETC.) |
410 | VENT OR VENT FORMING APPARATUS |
411 | REINFORCEMENT FOR MOLD MATERIAL |
445 | STARTER BAR |
447 | PRODUCT SUPPORTING OR WITHDRAWAL MEANS FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING APPARATUS |
412 | MISCELLANEOUS, APPARATUS |
CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS | ||
900 | RHEO-CASTING |
FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS | ||
FOR000 | CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS |
DIGESTS | ||
DIG1 | BATTERY |
DIG2 | BEARING |
DIG3 | CENTRIFUGAL |
DIG4 | DENTAL |
DIG5 | ELECTRON BEAM |
DIG6 | INGOT |
DIG7 | MELT |
DIG8 | PISTON |
DIG9 | PISTON-VACUUM |
DIG10 | ROTOR |
DIG11 | SLUSH |
DIG12 | THERMIT™ |
DIG13 | VALVE |
DIG14 | WHEEL |
DIG15 | PRECISION CASTING |
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