Patent ID: 11874062
Assignee: PYROTEK, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. A molten metal pumping system including a riserless molten metal pump having a single outlet and a scrap metal submergence device, said scrap metal submergence device including a first inlet directing molten metal to engage a vortex forming ramp and a second inlet directing molten metal to pass at least substantially vertically through said device to a launder, the outlet of the pump being moveable while submerged in molten metal between a first position engaged with the first inlet and a second position engaged with the second inlet, wherein said scrap metal submergence device includes a clean out port in a top surface which intersects a passage between the second inlet and the launder, wherein the clean out port can be selectively sealed with a cap member.