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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Gilles Gallego, Ibos, FR;
Gilles Gallego, Ibos, FR;
Varel Europe S.A.S., Pau, FR;
Abstract
A down hole casting assembly and a method for assembling the down hole casting assembly. The down hole casting assembly includes a mold and a blank coupled to the mold. The mold includes an internal surface surrounding a cavity formed therein and one or more junk slot displacements formed along at least a portion of the internal surface. The junk slot displacement includes a top edge. The blank includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and a bottom edge extending from at least a portion of the upper portion to at least a portion of the lower portion. At least a portion of the bottom edge is coupleable to at least a portion of the top edge. The portion of the bottom edge that couples to the portion of the top edge is complementary in shape so that the blank is positionable within the cavity in a repeatable manner.