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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:
Jul. 09, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael F Kingston, Kingsley, GB;
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222603 ; 222606 ; 164437 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for shielding a stream of molten metal during teeming comprises a housing (106) and a ceramic ring (105). The ceramic ring (105) is made of compressible material and is tapered so that on insertion in the housing (106) it readily forms a seal with lips (107) and (113) which project inwardly from the outer wall (111) of the housing (106).