Patent ID: 7481966

Claim:
A molten metal supplying system, comprising: (1) a container having: a portable container main body capable of being hermetically sealed and storing molten metal, that has a passage through which a compressed gas is introduced from an outside; a pipe that has an outlet and supplies the molten metal stored in the container main body to the outside: the outlet downwardly extending; a reception dish that receives the molten metal and that is capable of being placed below the outlet of the pipe; a holding member that has a fulcrum to the pipe and rotatably holds the reception dish; a wire that has a first end and a second end, the first end of which being connected to at least one of the reception dish and the holding member; and a pair of channel members disposed at the outer bottom of the container main body in a first direction, and (2) a vehicle having: a fork that is inserted into the pair of channel members and removed therefrom; a carriage on which the fork is mounted; a lift mechanism that lifts up and down the carriage; and a wire pull and return mechanism that is mounted on the carriage and pulls and returns the wire with the second end thereof.