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EP 0139797 B1 19871202 - AN AUTOMATIC CLEANING DEVICE FOR A MOLDING MACHINE

Title (en)

AN AUTOMATIC CLEANING DEVICE FOR A MOLDING MACHINE

Publication

EP 0139797 B1 19871202 (EN)

Application

EP 83306520 A 19831026

Priority

EP 83306520 A 19831026

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0139797A1] An automatic cleaning device for use in molding machine having a blow plate (1) comprises a turning frame (2) for holding the blow plate (1) and tipping sand from the plate (1) by turning the plate (1) through 90 DEG on a fulcrum (2a) provided at one end of a lifting frame (3) provided with the lifting cylinder (9). A compressed air injection mechanism (12, 18; 21) is arranged opposite the fulcrum (2a) and is movable horizontally to a position in which it cleans the tilted blow plate.

IPC 1-7

B22C 15/24

IPC 8 full level

B22C 15/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B22C 15/24 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0139797 A1 19850508; EP 0139797 B1 19871202; DE 3374764 D1 19880114

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 83306520 A 19831026; DE 3374764 T 19831026