Method of sealing a joint between an ingot mold and a stool and resulting assembly

• US 4,635,896 A
• Filed: 04/04/1986
• Issued: 01/13/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Edwin L. Baker
• Original Assignee: Edwin L. Baker
• Inventors: Baker, Edwin L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Godici, Nicholas P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BATTEN JR, J REED
• Application Number:
  US06/848,222
• Time in Patent Office: 284 Days
• Field of Search: 164/137, 164/342, 249/174, 249/204, 249/206, 249/135, 249/160, 249/187 R, 277/236
• US Class Current: 249/135
• CPC Class Codes: B22D 7/062 Stools for ingot moulds

Abstract

The space between the open bottom mold and the supporting stool used for casting ingots is sealed by placing a thin wall steel tube between the mold and the stool. The weight of the mold partially collapses the tube causing the surfaces of the tube to conform to both the surfaces of the mold and the stool, thus forming a seal.

Claims

1. In combination, a steel ingot mold having an open bottom with a rim, a stool below said rim for supporting said mold, wherein the improvement consists essentially in a deformable metal tubular sealing means positioned between said open bottom and said stool.

2. The improvement of claim 1 wherein the rim has an inner edge and the improvement is further characterised by the sealing means being set back from the inner edge under the rim, so that metal poured into the mold will be cooled by passing between a space between the rim and the stool before contacting the sealing means where it solidifies.

3. The improvement of claim 1 further characterised by the tubular sealing means being an iron or steel tube having a circular cross section.

4. The improvement of claim 3 further characterised by the tube having a diameter of one inch and a wall thickness of 0.035 inches.

5. A method of sealing a joint between a steel ingot mold having an open bottom with a rim and a stool below said rim for supporting said mold, wherein the improvement consists essentially in applying a deformable metal tubular sealing means between said open bottom and said stool.

6. The improvement of claim 5 wherein the rim has an inner edge and the improvement is further characterised by the sealing means being set back from the inner edge under the rim, so that metal poured into the mold will be cooled by passing between a space between the rim and the stool before contacting the sealing means where it solidifies.

7. The improvement of claim 5 further characterised by the tubular sealing means being an iron or steel tube having a circular cross section.

8. The improvement of claim 7 further characterised by the tube having a diameter of one inch and a wall thickness of 0.035 inches.