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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:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sintokogio, Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 1/528 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 1/528 ;
Abstract
A method for introducing and compacting molding sand S in a mold space defined by a pattern plate ( ), a lower auxiliary frame ( ), a flask ( ), a filling frame ( ), and multi-segmented squeeze feet ( ). First, the molding sand S is introduced into the mold space. The squeeze feet ( ) are then lowered to apply a first squeeze to the mold sand S in the mold space under a condition wherein at least the lower frame ( ) cannot be lowered. The squeeze feet ( ) are then lowered to apply a second squeeze to the mold sand S in the mold space under a condition wherein the lower frame ( ), the flask ( ), and the filling frame ( ) can be lowered.