| Class 164 | METAL FOUNDING |
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| | 2 |  Printing plate (e.g., stereotype, etc.) forming |
| | 4.1 | With measuring, testing, inspecting, or condition determination |
| | 451 |  Of continuous or semicontinuous casting |
| | 456 | During foundry sand treating or mold making |
| | 457 | During feeding of metal to mold |
| | 458 | During cooling of mold |
| | 5 | Including recycling of process material |
| | 6 | Shaping a forming surface (e.g., mold making, etc.) |
| | 7.1 | Utilizing a vacuum during shaping |
| | 8 | Utilizing a frozen mercury pattern |
| | 9 | Final product part or material, utilized in forming or included in shaping member |
| | 12 | Setting or hardening shaping surface by igniting mold surface or by utilizing a forced gaseous medium |
| | 13 | Shaping plate type pattern |
| | 14 | With subsequent coating of casting surface with cast product treating or release material |
| | 15 | Shaping fluent material to form mold |
| | 16 |  Chemically reactive gas hardening of forming material |
| | 17 | Shaping forming surface by mechanically removing material therefrom or subdividing forming surface to provide plural parts |
| | 18 | Forming discrete molds sequentially |
| | 19 | By spraying or slinging material against shaping surface |
| | 23 | Composite, plural part or multilayered mold |
| | 24 |  Sequentially forming mold portions on same shaping member |
| | 27 | Shaping plural separable mold parts |
| | 30 | Positioning or maintaining position of core relative to the mold |
| | 33 | Lining mold surface |
| | 34 | With destruction of pattern to disassociate |
| | 37 | By compacting material against shaping surface |
| | 38 | Diverse pressure applications |
| | 39 | Vibrating or jolting during shaping |
| | 40 | Utilizing pattern as compacting member |
| | 520 | Utilizing particular mold materials |
| | 521 | Self-hardenable molding material |
| | 522 | Water soluble mold material |
| | 523 | To perfect casting surface |
| | 524 | To prevent casting oxidation |
| | 525 | Particular binder material |
| | 529 | Particular refractory material |
| | 44 | Including pattern withdrawal |
| | 45 | Pattern making |
| | 46 | Disposition of a gaseous or projected particulate molten material on a shaping surface |
| | 47 | Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface |
| | 459 | Continuous or semicontinuous casting |
| | 460 | Including product cutting or breaking |
| | 461 | Forming a composite article |
| | 462 | Forming filament, wire, or ribbon |
| | 464 | Forming a hollow article |
| | 466 | Utilizing magnetic force |
| | 467 | Molten metal shaped by electromagnetic field |
| | 468 | Applying electromagnetic stirring force to molten metal within mold or product |
| | 469 | Utilizing electric arc or electron beam melting |
| | 471 | Utilizing induction heating |
| | 472 | Including lubricating of mold surface |
| | 473 | Incorporating additional material or chemically reactive agent |
| | 474 | Utilizing a vacuum |
| | 475 | With inert or reducing gaseous atmosphere |
| | 476 | With metal working |
| | 477 | With diverse treatment |
| | 478 | Having mold or product vibration or reciprocation |
| | 479 | Having continuously advancing shaping surface |
| | 483 | Starting up or ending casting process |
| | 484 | Specific product withdrawal |
| | 485 | Specific mold or product cooling |
| | 488 | Specific molten metal dispensing |
| | 491 | Adjusting mold size |
| | 48 | Direct application of electrical or wave energy to work |
| | 492 | To electrically heat work material |
| | 498 | Utilizing magnetic energy |
| | 501 | Utilizing sonic or supersonic wave energy |
| | 53 | In situ reactive heating |
| | 55.1 | Incorporating addition or chemically reactive agent to metal casting material |
| | 61 | Utilizing a vacuum |
| | 62 | Applying diverse pressure |
| | 63 | To transport casting material to mold (e.g., vacuum forming, etc.) |
| | 65 | During introduction to metal |
| | 66.1 | Applying an inert or reducing gaseous atmosphere to work |
| | 69.1 | With step of subdividing or removing material from product or preform (e.g., cutting, mechanically or by heat; sandblasting; chemical milling; etc.) |
| | 71.1 | With vibratory treatment of casting material |
| | 72 | Coating mold surface with a treating agent |
| | 75 | With coating of preformed workpiece |
| | 76.1 | Combined |
| | 77 | Slush casting type |
| | 78 | Incorporating product dividing member |
| | 79 | Employing a pore producing agent |
| | 80 | Casting metal introduced into mold as a solid |
| | 81 | Utilizing a liquid shaping surface |
| | 90 | Forming product having interconnected movable parts |
| | 91 | Composite article forming |
| | 92.1 | Repairing or restoring article for use |
| | 93 | Co-molding diverse metals utilizing removable or fusible partition |
| | 94 | Sequential casting to form single product |
| | 97 | Incorporating particulate material |
| | 98 | Shaping metal and uniting to a preform |
| | 99 | Co-molding diverse metals |
| | 100 | Including preconditioning preform |
| | 106 | Cast metal reshapes preform |
| | 107 | Preform utilized to affect cast metal (e.g., to chill, to cap, etc.) |
| | 108 | Uniting plural preforms or spaced preform portions |
| | 111 | Preform particularly provided with means to provide interlock with cast metal |
| | 112 | Positioning or maintaining position of preform relative to mold surface |
| | 113 | Pressure forming |
| | 114 | By centrifugal force |
| | 115 | Plural constant speeds |
| | 116 | Tilting of axis of rotation |
| | 117 | Axially progressive casting |
| | 118 | Positive heating or cooling of mold |
| | 119 | By direct fluid pressure |
| | 120 | Pressure applied after introduction of metal |
| | 121 | Preconditioning of apparatus |
| | 122 | Controlling solidification (other than ambient cooling) |
| | 122.1 | Unidirectional solidification |
| | 123 | By application of insulation to melt surface |
| | 124 | By direct application of flame or gas |
| | 125 | Localized or zone heat dissipation |
| | 128 | By utilizing a cooling liquid |
| | 129 | Forming plural articles |
| | 131 | Removing article from forming surface |
| | 133 | Introduction control or manipulation of charge |
| | 134 | Separation of unwanted component from melt |
| | 135 | Charge introduced as a plurality of streams |
| | 136 | By movement of mold, charger, or part thereof |
| | 137 | Assembling of mold parts |
| | 138 | Utilizing particular shaping surface material |
| | 139 | APPARATUS FOR CASTING PRINTING PLATES (E.G., STEREOTYPE, ETC.) |
| | 140 | Including means for severing or trimming product while associated with mold |
| | 141 | Including melting chamber |
| | 144 | Including positive mold heating or cooling means |
| | 145 | Including stripping means |
| | 146 | INCLUDING MEANS TO DIRECTLY APPLY MAGNETIC FORCE TO WORK OR TO MANIPULATE OR HOLD SHAPING MEANS |
| | 149 | MEANS LUBRICATING RELATIVELY MOVING AND CONTACTING APPARATUS PARTS |
| | 150.1 | WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR OR INSPECTION MEANS |
| | 151 | Pressure indicating means |
| | 151.1 | Including speed sensor |
| | 151.2 | Including position or spatial dimension sensor |
| | 151.4 | Including thermal sensor |
| | 152 | WITH SAFETY CONTROL MEANS |
| | 154.1 | CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO OR ACTUATED BY MEANS SENSING OR MEASURING A CONDITION OR VARIABLE (I.E., AUTOMATIC CONTROL) |
| | 155.1 | Control of feed material enroute to shaping area |
| | 155.2 | Responsive to material level |
| | 449.1 | In continuous casting apparatus |
| | 450.1 | Including sensor comprising electrode or float |
| | 450.2 | Including radioactive sensor |
| | 450.3 | Including thermal sensor |
| | 450.4 | Including optical sensor |
| | 450.5 | Including magnetic sensor |
| | 156.1 | Including electrode or float sensor |
| | 155.3 | Responsive to pressure |
| | 155.4 | Responsive to position or spatial dimension |
| | 155.6 | Responsive to thermal condition |
| | 155.7 | Responsive to weight |
| | 413 | Control of product withdrawal means in continuous casting apparatus |
| | 414 | Control of coolant applied to continuously cast product |
| | 154.2 | Responsive to position or spatial dimension |
| | 154.6 | Responsive to thermal condition |
| | 154.8 | Responsive to pressure |
| | 157 | WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO INDEPENDENT TIMING MEANS |
| | 158 | WITH POSITIVE CLEANING MEANS FOR APPARATUS |
| | 159 | MEANS TO SHAPE A FORMING SURFACE |
| | 160.1 | Including means applying vacuum directly to mold material |
| | 161 | Including means for sweeping or cutting forming surface |
| | 165 | Shell type mold making machine |
| | 167 | And separate metal casting means |
| | 169 | Including means for compacting particulate fluent mold materials |
| | 170 | Flexible or deformable pressure means |
| | 172 | Plural rammers |
| | 174 | By die expressing |
| | 175 | By centrifugal means |
| | 176 | Pipe mold type forming means |
| | 180 | Having means for withdrawing forming surface from shaping means |
| | 181 | Withdrawing station downstream of compacting station |
| | 182 | Means withdrawing pattern plate intermediate cope and drag member |
| | 183 | Having means for inverting pattern, flask, or shaping member |
| | 186 | Core making machine |
| | 187 | Pattern member acting as compressing member |
| | 189 | Utilizing vibrating means |
| | 190 | Stripping plate |
| | 191 | Drop pattern plate or support |
| | 192 | Including means for feeding material by gravity |
| | 195 | Diverse means for applying pressure forces |
| | 198 | Sand slinger type compactor |
| | 200 | Blow type compactor |
| | 201 | Including means for relatively moving blow means into engagement with shaping member |
| | 202 | Including foraminous blow discharge means |
| | 203 | By vibrating means (e.g., jarring, jolting, etc.) |
| | 204 | Including cooperating static rammer means |
| | 205 | Roll or rock-over type machine |
| | 206 | By fluid actuated vibrator means |
| | 207 | Press type compactor |
| | 213 | Including means for separating forming surface from shaping means |
| | 214 | Means effecting parallel draw of cope and pattern plate respectively from each other and the drag |
| | 215 | Means rotatably withdrawing pattern |
| | 217 | Utilizing a stripping plate |
| | 222 | Including pattern having relatively moving parts |
| | 223 | By vibrating means |
| | 224 | Having means to invert flask or pattern |
| | 225 | By drop pattern plate or support |
| | 226 | By pin lifting arrangement for contacting mold |
| | 227 | Means for displacing mold part from stationary shaping member |
| | 228 | Means for shaping core (e.g., core boxes, core molds, etc.) |
| | 229 | Including character forming member (indicia) |
| | 230 | Including means positioning preform part for forming composite core member |
| | 232 | Detachable or movable member for producing a recess or cavity in core member |
| | 233 | Hinged core box sections |
| | 234 | Including vent or vent forming means |
| | 235 | Pattern |
| | 236 | Insert or chill supporting |
| | 237 | Including flask member |
| | 238 | Pattern or pattern holding member supported by aperture in flask or flask member |
| | 239 | Pattern plate |
| | 241 | Pattern plate |
| | 244 | Sprue, gate or runner |
| | 245 | To produce undercut |
| | 246 | Destructible type pattern |
| | 247 | Rotatable or pivotal pattern or pattern section |
| | 248 | Loose piece type |
| | 249 | Composite or plural part |
| | 250.1 | MEANS TO DIRECTLY APPLY ELECTRICAL OR WAVE ENERGY TO WORK |
| | 505 | In continuous casting apparatus |
| | 510 | Electrical discharge knockout means |
| | 511 | High frequency vibration means |
| | 512 | Electron beam melting means |
| | 513 | Induction coil means |
| | 514 | Arc electrode |
| | 253 | MEANS TO APPLY VACUUM DIRECTLY TO WORK OR TO HOLD OR MANIPULATE SHAPING MEANS |
| | 259 | MEANS PROVIDING INERT OR REDUCING ATMOSPHERE |
| | 260 | INCLUDING VIBRATOR MEANS |
| | 262 | WITH PRODUCT SEVERING OR TRIMMING MEANS |
| | 263 | Associated with continuous casting means |
| | 264 | Gate member acting as severing means |
| | 265 | Punch out type gate severing means |
| | 266 | WITH METAL REFINING MEANS |
| | 267 | WITH COATING MEANS |
| | 269 | WITH MEANS FOR HANDLING EXPELLED CAST PRODUCT |
| | 270.1 | COMBINED |
| | 271 | MEANS TO SHAPE METALLIC MATERIAL |
| | 272 | Metal revolving or tumbling type shaping means |
| | 418 | Continuous or semicontinuous casting |
| | 419 | Including means to convey preformed product part to mold |
| | 420 | Plural distinct shaping outlets |
| | 421 | Hollow casting |
| | 423 | Filament or wire casting |
| | 424 | Including shape-perfecting means |
| | 425 | Including starter bar |
| | 427 | Continuously advancing mold part |
| | 435 | Having deformable mold wall or thermal expansion compensating means |
| | 436 | Adjustable mold size |
| | 437 | Including means to dispense or distribute metal charge |
| | 441 | Including product supporting or withdrawal means |
| | 443 | Having casting material cooling means |
| | 284 | Pressure shaping means |
| | 285 | Including a pressure gas or pressure vapor generator |
| | 286 | Centrifugal casting means |
| | 287 | Having balancing means |
| | 288 | Including means to hold or position preformed product part |
| | 289 | Having mold radially disposed from axis of rotation |
| | 291 | Having mold expansion or warpage compensator |
| | 292 | Having mold or mold part clamping means |
| | 294 | Including brake means |
| | 295 | Including means to remove product from mold |
| | 296 | Having plural mold cavities |
| | 297 | Having coolant applying means |
| | 298 | Horizontal or near horizontal axis of mold rotation |
| | 302 | Including core means |
| | 303 | Injection type |
| | 304 | Including valved mold gate |
| | 305 | Including means to vent die cavity or gate |
| | 306 | Direct pneumatic charging means |
| | 307 | Manually operated pressure generator |
| | 308 | Flask sealing cap contains a pressure conduit |
| | 309 | Hot chamber type |
| | 312 | Piston-cylinder charger |
| | 319 | Inelastic compression means for confined metal |
| | 322 | Plural independent molds |
| | 332 | Including means to hold or position preformed product part in shaping area |
| | 335 | Including ladle or crucible type melt receptacle |
| | 336 | Rotatable with mold or dipper type dispenser |
| | 337 | Having flow control or conduit means intermediate the receptacle and mold |
| | 338.1 | Including means to heat mold |
| | 339 | Including means to assemble mold parts |
| | 340 | Core positioning means |
| | 341 | Having auxiliary means for locking assembled parts in place |
| | 342 | Permanent mold parts |
| | 344 | Including means to eject or separate product from shaping surface |
| | 348 | Including means to apply coolant to mold or casting |
| | 349 | United particle type shaping surface (e.g., sand, etc.) |
| | 350 | Mold having individual mold cavities for forming plural products |
| | 352 | Including metal chill |
| | 353 | As part of shaping surface |
| | 354 | Chill is a core or core part |
| | 355 | Plural spaced chill sections |
| | 356 | Hollow annular center section chill (i.e., ring) |
| | 357 | Consumable chill |
| | 358 | Including apertured strainer means for separating unwanted component from casting material |
| | 359 | Including means to compensate for shrinkage (e.g., shrink head, etc.) |
| | 361 | Shell type mold |
| | 362 | Having means to restrict turbulence of flow during casting |
| | 363 | Bottom gate or side pouring mold |
| | 364 | Comprised of separable parts |
| | 369 | Core |
| | 371 | Chill, shaping type |
| | 374 | FLASK OR FLASK SECTION |
| | 375 | Including roll or rock-over means |
| | 376 | Investment type (e.g., dental, etc.) |
| | 377 | Size adjustable |
| | 379 | Including means to retain or reinforce mold sand or to position reinforcement |
| | 380 | Sand strip |
| | 382 | Depending reinforcement (e.g., gagger, etc.) |
| | 383 | Flask wall surface construction retains sand |
| | 384 | Plural part flask or flask section |
| | 394 | MOLD JACKET OR SLIP BOX |
| | 397 | CORE CENTERING OR SUPPORTING MEANS |
| | 401 | STRIPPER OR EJECTOR |
| | 402 | Including means for inverting pattern |
| | 403 | Fluid actuated pattern stripping means |
| | 404 | Means to separate cast product from shaping surface |
| | 409 | MEANS TO INVERT A PATTERN PLATE OR A MOLD (E.G., TURN-OVER DEVICE, ETC.) |
| | 410 | VENT OR VENT FORMING APPARATUS |
| | 411 | REINFORCEMENT FOR MOLD MATERIAL |
| | 445 | STARTER BAR |
| | 447 | PRODUCT SUPPORTING OR WITHDRAWAL MEANS FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING APPARATUS |
| | 412 | MISCELLANEOUS, APPARATUS |
| CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS | ||
| | 900 | RHEO-CASTING |
| FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS | ||
| FOR000 | CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS |
| DIGESTS | ||
| | DIG1 | BATTERY |
| | DIG2 | BEARING |
| | DIG3 | CENTRIFUGAL |
| | DIG4 | DENTAL |
| | DIG5 | ELECTRON BEAM |
| | DIG6 | INGOT |
| | DIG7 | MELT |
| | DIG8 | PISTON |
| | DIG9 | PISTON-VACUUM |
| | DIG10 | ROTOR |
| | DIG11 | SLUSH |
| | DIG12 | THERMIT™ |
| | DIG13 | VALVE |
| | DIG14 | WHEEL |
| | DIG15 | PRECISION CASTING |