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System for supplying molten metal, container and a vehicle

  • US 7,481,966 B2
  • Filed: 07/20/2005
  • Issued: 01/27/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A molten metal supplying system, comprising:

  • (1) a container having;



    a portable container main body capable of being hermetically sealed and storing molten metal, that has a passage through which a compressed gas is introduced from an outside;



    a pipe that has an outlet and supplies the molten metal stored in the container main body to the outside;

    the outlet downwardly extending;



    a reception dish that receives the molten metal and that is capable of being placed below the outlet of the pipe;



    a holding member that has a fulcrum to the pipe and rotatably holds the reception dish;



    a wire that has a first end and a second end, the first end of which being connected to at least one of the reception dish and the holding member; and



    a pair of channel members disposed at the outer bottom of the container main body in a first direction, and(2) a vehicle having;



    a fork that is inserted into the pair of channel members and removed therefrom;



    a carriage on which the fork is mounted;



    a lift mechanism that lifts up and down the carriage; and



    a wire pull and return mechanism that is mounted on the carriage and pulls and returns the wire with the second end thereof.

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