Claims
- 1. Foundry apparatus for two stage separation of castings from casting moulds, comprising:
- a support for the stepwise advance of the moulds to a cutting and separation station;
- cutting means located at said cutting and separation station for cutting out a lump of mould material encasing a casting and for separating said lump from the remaining mould parts;
- a first conveyor adjacent said cutting and separation station for receiving said remaining mould parts from said cutting and separation station and for delivering said remaining mould parts to a mould crusher;
- a second conveyor adjacent said cutting and separation station for receiving said lump and for delivering said lump to a castings cleaning device; and
- means connected to said cutting means for translating said cutting means between said cutting and separating station and said second conveyor for the purpose of delivering said lump to said second conveyor for delivering said lump from said cutting means to said second conveyor.
- 2. The foundry apparatus of claim 1 wherein said second conveyor extends parallel to said first conveyor; and wherein said cutting means comprises grab means having a number of teeth for cutting into said casting moulds, removing therefrom said casting and encasing lump, and placing said removed casting and encasing lump onto said second conveyor means.
- 3. The foundry apparatus of claim 2 including cooling means adjacent said second conveyor for cooling said encasing lump.
- 4. The foundry apparatus of claim 2 wherein said grab means comprises first and second sets of teeth movable relative each other to release a cut-out casting and encasing lump of mould material.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a division of application Ser. No. 438,366, filed Jan. 31, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,958,619, issued May 25, 1976.
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Divisions (1)
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