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Method and apparatus for circulating a molten media

  • US 3,984,234 A
  • Filed: 05/19/1975
  • Issued: 10/05/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for pumping a molten media comprising the steps of:

  • a. providing said molten media in a housing having a substantially right cylindrical portion with a circumferentially slotted opening therein for transferring molten media from said housing; and

    b. impelling said molten media from said housing through said slotted opening by action of a disc located in said cylindrical portion and rotating substantially about the axis thereof, said disc immersed in said molten media to provide thereabove a body of said molten media having an unconfined surface, said disc having downwardly extending vanes thereon that sweep past at least a portion of said slotted opening and force the molten media outward through said slotted opening.

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