US PATENT SUBCLASS 164 / 485
.~.~.~ Specific mold or product cooling

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164 /   HD   METAL FOUNDING

1  DF  PROCESS {6}
47  DF  .~ Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface {26}
459  DF  .~.~ Continuous or semicontinuous casting {20}
485.~.~.~ Specific mold or product cooling {1}
486  DF  .~.~.~.~> Directly applying liquid coolant to product {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 164/485

Specific mold or product cooling:

(under subclass 459) Process wherein significance is attributed to a step of actively applying a heat exchange medium to remove heat from the forming mold or surface, or the cast product.

(1) Note. The step of actively applying a heat exchange medium implies a manipulative operation of bringing into thermal contact with the work material a substance, generally a solid or liquid, thereby producing the cooling effect.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

414, for continuous casting apparatus provided with control means responsive to a coolant applied to the product.

443+, for continuous casting apparatus having casting material cooling means.