Method of installing sand core for casting in mold and sand core for casting

• US 7,793,704 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2006
• Issued: 09/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Maeyama, Kenichi, Ikeguchi, Masuyuki, Miyazaki, Kazuki, Yokoyama, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, KUANG Y
• Application Number:
  US11/887,351
• Publication Number:
  US 20090139680A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,656 Days
• Field of Search: 164 28- 32, 164/137, 164/302, 164/340, 164/369, 164397-399
• US Class Current: 164/137
• CPC Class Codes: B22C 9/108 Installation of cores

Abstract

An upper surface of a skirting base section 6h of a sand core 6 is provided with a projection 14 of a column shape. When a slide mold 3 is slidingly moved in a mold clamping direction, a sliding contact section 15 of a holding recessed section 13 of the slide mold 3 is brought into sliding contact with the projection 14 to hold the projection 14 while scraping away part of the sand of the projection 14. The upper surface of the skirting base section 6h adjacent to the projection 14 is also provided with a recess 16 for recovering the scraped sand, wherein the width of the recess 16 is larger than the diameter of the projection 14 in the longitudinal direction. The projection 14 can be formed in a prismatic or semispherical shape.

Claims

1. A method for installing a sand core for casting in a mold in which a slide mold slidably mounted on a lower mold is provided with a holding recessed section for holding a skirting base section of the sand core comprising the steps of:

causing the sliding mold to advance in a condition in which part of the core body is positioned and mounted on the lower mold;

bringing the lower surface of the holding recessed section of the slide mold into sliding contact with a projection provided on the upper surface of the skirting base section;

clamping the mold while recovering the sand scraped from the projection through the sliding contact within a recess formed in a position of the upper surface of the skirting base section adjacent to the projection, thereby installing the sand core in the mold.

2. The method for installing a sand core for casting in a mold according to claim 1, wherein a sliding contact section of the lower surface of the holding recessed section of the slide mold brought into sliding contact with the projection is formed to project downwards.

3. A combination of a sand core and a mold wherein said sand core for casting having a sand core body mounted on a lower mold and a skirting base section held by a holding recessed section of a slide mold, characterized in that the upper surface of the skirting base section is provided with a projection which can be brought into sliding contact with the lower surface of the holding recessed section of the slide mold when the slide mold is clamped, and the upper surface of the skirting base section adjacent to the projection is provided with a recess for recovering the sand scraped away from the projection.

4. The sand core for casting according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of projections and recesses is provided along the longitudinal direction of the skirting base section.

5. The sand core for casting according to claim 3, wherein the projection is formed in a columned, prismatic or semispheric shape.

6. The sand core for casting according to claim 3, wherein the width of the recess is larger than the maximum width of the projection.

7. The sand core for casting according to claim 4, wherein the projection is formed in a columned, prismatic or semispheric shape.

8. The sand core for casting according to claim 4, wherein the width of the recess is larger than the maximum width of the projection.

9. The sand core for casting according to claim 5, wherein the width of the recess is larger than the maximum width of the projection.