US PATENT SUBCLASS 164 / 488
.~.~.~ Specific molten metal dispensing

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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}
488.~.~.~ Specific molten metal dispensing {1}
489  DF  .~.~.~.~> Including flow stream deflection or other than vertical dispensing {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 164/488

Specific molten metal dispensing:

(under subclass 459) Process wherein significance is attributed to the dispensing of molten metal into a forming

mold or surface.

(1) Note. Included herein, generally, are patents which include a unique pouring operation, i.e., other than ordinary teeming; patents which incidentally disclose or claim a pouring step are cross-referenced here only where such step appears to be atypical.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

437+, for continuous or semicontinuous casting apparatus including means to dispense or distribute a metal charge.

449.1+, for supply means controlled in response to a variable condition.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

222, Dispensing, 500, for processes of dispensing molten metal; and subclasses 591+ for molten metal dispensers, per se.

266, Metallurgical Apparatus,

236+, for discharging vessels for molten metal which include means for treating the same.

373, Electric Furnaces,

42, for charging or discharging device processes in electric furnaces.