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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
May. 10, 1990
Francis V Bailey, Racine, WI (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed hereis is a casting having a cast exterior surface and a gate portion extending adjacently and integrally from the cast exterior surface and including a polished outer face located in adjacently raised relation to the cast exterior surface and having a perimeter or outline defining a desired indicia. The casting is produced by a method comprising the steps of forming a casting with a cast exterior surface and a gate which extends from the cast exterior surface and which includes a gate portion located adjacent the cast exterior surface and defined by an outline in the form of the desired indicia and a projection portion extending from the gate portion, severing the gate to remove the projecting portion, to retain, as part of the casting, the adjacent gate portion, and to provide a surface raised with respect to the cast exterior surface and having the outline in the form of the desired indicia, and polishing the raised surface.