Patent ID: 7828042

Claim:
An apparatus for the casting of metal in a mold cavity defined between a cover die and an ejector die, the apparatus comprising: a crucible containing a liquid metal, said crucible haying a top; a shot plunger including an inlet and an outlet and a shut-off including an inlet and an outlet; a substantially u-shaped supply pipe haying an inlet end and an outlet end, said inlet end being higher than said outlet end whereby said inlet end is closer to said top of said crucible than said outlet end, said inlet of said shut-off being in fluid communication with said outlet end of said pipe and said outlet of said shut-off being in fluid communication with said inlet of said shot plunger; a hot runner being at least partially recessed within the cover die half, said hot runner having a molten metal passageway formed therethrough, said molten metal passageway of said hot runner having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet of said molten metal passageway being in fluid communication with said outlet of said shot plunger; and a hot runner tip operatively associated with said outlet of said hot runner.