US 11,666,964 B2
Flaskless molding machine
Koichi Sakaguchi, Toyokawa (JP); Tokiya Terabe, Toyokawa (JP); and Tatsumi Fujita, Toyokawa (JP)
Assigned to SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Nagoya (JP)
Appl. No. 16/301,824
Filed by SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Nagoya (JP)
PCT Filed May 12, 2017, PCT No. PCT/JP2017/018067
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/199881, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. JP2016-098759 (JP), filed on May 17, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0168291 A1, Jun. 6, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B22C 11/10 (2006.01); B22C 15/24 (2006.01); B22C 9/02 (2006.01); B22C 15/28 (2006.01); B22D 33/04 (2006.01); B22C 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC B22C 11/10 (2013.01) [B22C 9/02 (2013.01); B22C 15/24 (2013.01); B22C 15/28 (2013.01); B22D 33/04 (2013.01); B22C 19/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flaskless molding machine forming a flaskless upper mold and lower mold by filling, with mold sand, an upper molding space formed using an upper flask and a lower molding space formed using a lower flask, and by pressurizing the mold sand filled in the upper molding space and the lower molding space, comprising:
an upper sand tank storing the mold sand to be supplied to the upper molding space;
a first lower sand tank storing the mold sand to be supplied to the lower molding space, and having a first communication port for discharging the stored mold sand;
a second lower sand tank having a second communication port capable of communicating with the first communication port of the first lower sand tank, and storing the mold sand supplied from the first lower sand tank and to be supplied to the lower molding space;
at least one first guide member extending in a vertical direction, and guiding the upper flask, the lower flask and the second lower sand tank in the vertical direction; and
a second guide member extending in the vertical direction, and guiding the first lower sand tank in the vertical direction,
wherein the upper flask, the lower flask, and the second lower sand tank are movably attached to the at least one first guide member,
wherein the first communication port and the second communication port communicate with each other on a communication plane along the vertical direction,
a distal end of the first lower sand tank where the first communication port is formed is fixedly provided with a first block plate extending downwardly from a lower end of the first communication port, and
a side portion of the second lower sand tank where the second communication port is formed is fixedly provided with a second block plate extending upwardly from an upper end of the second communication port,
wherein, the first block plate moves relative to the second communication port and the second block plate moves relative to the first communication port, and
the first block plate moves integrally with the first lower sand tank, and the second block plate moves integrally with the second lower sand tank,
wherein the first connection port is provided with a guide rail for guiding the second blocking plate in the vertical direction.