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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:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher Stephen Barge, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
TBS Engineering Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 2/704 ; B22D 1/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 2/704 ; B22D 1/904 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an apparatus for casting a lead formation, particularly on the lug of a battery component. The lead is streamed over a mould block (,) defining a mould cavity (,) to flood the cavity (,). The flow of lead is maintained to raise the temperature of the block (,), at least adjacent the cavity, to achieve an appropriate working temperature.