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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1998
Giuseppe Cassani, Imola, IT;
Reinhard Wegmann, Villafranca, IT;
Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola S.C.R.L., Imola, IT;
Abstract
A pressure casting apparatus for molding sanitary articles which comprises a frame member, a lifting mechanism mounted in said frame member for up and down movement relative to said frame member, a plurality of molds positioned adjacent to each other and below the lifting mechanism, each mold being constructed form two lateral mold components which extend laterally from adjacent locking rods, an upper mold component and a lower mold component, said upper mold component being suspended from the lifting mechanism, the lateral mold components extending from opposite sides of the locking rod, and the lower mold components being disposed below said lateral mold components, said lateral mold components and said lower mold components being mounted for lateral movement within said frame members, and means for laterally compressing the lateral mold components and the lower mold components together, whereby the lateral mold components extending laterally from adjacent locking rods and an associated lower mold component combined with the lowering of the upper mold component to define the mold chamber used in the pressure casting operation.