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EP 0 495 615 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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02.09.1992 Bulletin 1992/36 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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22.07.1992 Bulletin 1992/30 |
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Date of filing: 14.01.1992 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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DE GB IT |
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Priority: |
14.01.1991 JP 16007/91
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Applicant: RYOBI LTD. |
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Fuchu-shi,
Hiroshima-ken (JP) |
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Inventors: |
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- Yamauchi, Noriyoshi,
Ryobi Ltd.
Fuchu-shi,
Hiroshima-ken (JP)
- Ishida, Hitoshi,
Ryobi Ltd.
Fuchu-shi,
Hiroshima-ken (JP)
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Representative: Jackson, Peter Arthur |
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GILL JENNINGS & EVERY
Broadgate House
7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB) |
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Automatic molten metal supplying device |
(57) An automatic molten metal supplying device capable of supplying the molten metal
within a short period of time with maintaining accuracy in supplying amount and without
any dripping of the molten metal from a ladle and without any temperature decrease
of the molten metal in the ladle during its transferring state even if the transferred
molten metal has a small volume. A molten metal intake/discharge port is formed at
a bottom portion of a ladle, and atmosphere communication/blockage unit is provided
which selectively communicates an internal space of the ladle with an atmosphere.
After the molten metal is introduced into the ladle through the intake/discharge port,
the space is shut off from the atmosphere. A cross-sectional area of the intake/discharge
port is in a range of from 20 to 80 mm
2. Lower limit of the cross-sectional area of the intake/discharge port is still sufficient
to allow the molten metal to be flowed into the ladle, and upper limit thereof is
sufficient to prevent the molten metal in the ladle from being dripped therefrom.
Thus, small amount of the molten metal can rapidly and accurately casted.
