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Transferring molten metal from one structure to another

  • US 8,337,746 B2
  • Filed: 06/21/2007
  • Issued: 12/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for transferring molten metal out of a vessel, the system comprising:

  • (a) a vessel;

    (b) a dividing wall in the vessel for dividing the vessel into a first chamber and a second chamber, the dividing wall having an opening and a height H1; and

    (c) a molten metal pump in the first chamber that has a pump base fully submerged in molten metal in the first chamber, and support posts connecting the pump base to a superstructure that supports a motor, the pump base having a top and a bottom, an inlet at the top, the inlet leading to a pump chamber, and a rotor positioned in the pump chamber, the rotor including a flow-blocking and bearing plate at the bottom surface of the pump chamber, wherein molten metal enters the pump chamber through the inlet at the top surface and is moved out of the pump chamber by the movement of the rotor to create a stream of molten metal through the opening in the dividing wall, and from the first chamber into the second chamber, wherein part of the second chamber has a height H2, and wherein H2 is less than H1;

    wherein when the pump is activated molten metal is pumped from the first chamber through the opening in the dividing wall into the second chamber until the level of molten metal in the second chamber exceeds H2 and moves out of the second chamber.

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