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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2003
Saburou Wakita, Noda, JP;
Junichi Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuuji Ishiwari, Saitama, JP;
Kouji Tsuzukihashi, Akita, JP;
Saburou Wakita, Noda, JP;
Junichi Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuuji Ishiwari, Saitama, JP;
Kouji Tsuzukihashi, Akita, JP;
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Electric Metals Corporation, Limited, Akita-shi, JP;
Abstract
A casting apparatus including a die that contains a molten metal that is poured via an opening section disposed above the die. The casting apparatus also includes a heater disposed above the die, and a gas supplying structure for supplying an inter gas to a surface of the molten metal. The casting apparatus further includes a lid disposed between the surface of the molten metal and the heater, and a lid moving structure for moving the lid to the die relatively so as to control the opening amount of the opening section above the die.