Patent ID: 7934536
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: B22C,B22D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A casting mold feeder comprising a feeder head having a first feeder part and a second feeder part that when joined form a cavity that is open towards the surroundings via at least one opening in the first feeder part, and a tubular body which is guided through the at least one opening and arranged in a mobile manner therein, the tubular body comprising an abutment facing the cavity, wherein the abutment contacts a surface surrounding the at least one opening when pulled out from the feeder head, wherein the tubular body further comprises an extension in a direction of the longitudinal axis thereof such that the tubular body in a pushed in position does not protrude beyond an end of the at least one opening when the tubular body is pushed into the cavity of the feeder head and wherein the tubular body is movable from the pushed in position to the pulled out position and vice versa without the tubular body falling out of the at least one opening.