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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2003
Applicants:

Hitoshi Mizuno, Toyota, JP;

Narumi Ichikawa, Toyota, JP;

Kazunori Suzuki, Toyota, JP;

Koji Iyoda, Toyota, JP;

Kenji Noguchi, Toyota, JP;

Tsuyoshi Abe, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Hitoshi Mizuno, Toyota, JP;

Narumi Ichikawa, Toyota, JP;

Kazunori Suzuki, Toyota, JP;

Koji Iyoda, Toyota, JP;

Kenji Noguchi, Toyota, JP;

Tsuyoshi Abe, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 5/54 (2006.01); B67D 5/34 (2006.01); C21D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A pressure controlling apparatus controls a pressure in a container capable of storing a molten metal and supplying the molten metal to an outside using a pressure difference and includes: a supplying portion for supplying a compressed gas to be supplied to the container; a flow passage for supplying the compressed gas from the supplying portion to the container; a first switching valve, being inserted into the passage, capable of manually switching a first mode that enables the passage of the gas between the supplying portion side and the container side and a second mode that enables the passage of the gas between the container side and the outside; an exhausting portion for exhausting a gas from the container; and a second switching valve for switching a pressure applying mode for applying a pressure to the container and an exhausting mode for exhausting the gas from the container.


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