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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans Lustenberger, Schaffhausen, CH;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ; F27B / ; F27D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
266240 ; 164336 ; 266245 ; 266276 ;
Abstract
A melt process apparatus having a melt receptacle held on the distal end of a cantilever supported beam. The support for the beam is elevatable and is pivotable about a vertical axis so that the receptacle can be raised, lowered, swung and tilted to facilitate loading, insertion of additives and pouring without transfer vessels and temperature loss. The support for the beam includes a weighing device for monitoring the quantity of melt placed therein. Various embodiments are shown.