Patents
Superior Quality and Performance
Many of Castool products and processes are "PATENTED"
Castool has done excellent work over the years and as a result of the superior quality and performance of our tools, we patented some of our outstanding works. You cand find the patented components in this page.
This outlines what to look for when identifying product or technologies that possibly overlap with CASTOOL patents.
- Oven with 1st group of heating elements on 1st pair opposing walls and 2nd group of heating elements on 2nd pair opposing walls
- Controller for operating the groups of heating elements independently
- Outer mantile
- Subliner
- Liner accommodated inside of subliner and having passage for receiving billet; and
- Longitudinal heating elements in subliner in close proximity liner
- Outer mantle
- Liner having passage for receiving billet
- Longitudinal heating elements in mantle
- Serpentine cooling groove in upper surface of mantile
- One or more die ovens
- Robotic Hoist
- Processor for controlling the hoist and the lid actuator of the die oven(s)
- Base
- Collar having inner outer recesses
- Moveable plunger coupled to base
- Connection ring coupling collar to base, with inward fingers engaging recesses on collar
- Base having forward surface
- Collar having inner rib couple to base
- Support sleeve mounted to base and abutting collar
- Moveable plunger abutting forward surface of base
- Piston cover
- Piston body supporting bushing
- Piston carrier
- Bayonet connectors on piston cover and on piston
- Piston head, made 1st material
- Inner carrier coupled to piston head
- Wear ring mounted on piston head and made of 2nd material with higher hardness and lower toughness than 1st material
- Piston head, made of any of AISI grade 4340, 300M or 4140 steel
- Inner carrier coupled to piston head
- Sleeve on inner carrier
- Wearing ring mounted on piston head
- Body having an axial bore
- Sleeve liner formed on bore surface
- Sleeve insert abutting the liner
- Ring-shaped body with cut having 2 pairs of opposing faces
- One or more slots on face of body
- Ring-shaped body with cut having 2 pairs of opposing faces
- Opposing faces are angled to allow faces to contact each other flush manner when ring is compressed
UNITED STATES PATENT
Grants to the person(s) having title to this patent the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States of America or importing the invention into the United State of America, and if the invention is a process, of the right to exclude other from using, offering for sale or selling throughout the United State of America, or importing into the United States of America, products made by that process, for the term set forth in 35 U.S.C. 154(a)(2) or (c)(1), subject to the payment of maintenance fees as provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b). See the Maintenance Fee Notice on the inside of the cover.
The Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Has received an application for a patent for a new and useful invention. The title and description of the invention are enclosed. The requirements of law have have been complied with, and it has been determined that a patent on the invention shall be granted under the law.
