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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Colin Powell, Birmingham, GB;
Jan Sallstrom, Gunnarskog, SE;
Jan Eric Pehrsson, Ed, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Foseco International Limited, Tamworth, Staffs, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a feeder element () for use in metal casting. The feeder element () (which serves the function of a breaker core) has a first end () for mounting on a mould plate (), an opposite second end () for receiving a feeder sleeve () and a bore () between the first and second ends () defined by a sidewall (). The feeder element () is compressible in use whereby to reduce the distance between said first and second ends (). The invention also relates to a breaker core/feeder sleeve assembly ().