Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Material containing vessels for melting material
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Application No.: US14391731Application Date: 2012-04-13
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Publication No.: US09604279B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Sean Timothy O'Keeffe , Quoc Tran Pham , Theodore Andrew Waniuk , Michael Blaine Deming
- Applicant: Sean Timothy O'Keeffe , Quoc Tran Pham , Theodore Andrew Waniuk , Michael Blaine Deming
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2012/033564 WO 20120413
- International Announcement: WO2013/154581 WO 20131017
- Main IPC: B22D17/20
- IPC: B22D17/20 ; B22D17/04 ; B22D25/06 ; B29C45/00 ; C22C45/00 ; C22C45/02 ; C22C45/10 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a vessel for melting meltable material having a body with a melting portion configured to receive meltable material to be melted therein and an injection path for injecting the meltable material in molten form after melting (e.g., into a mold). The body has a recess configured to contain the meltable material within the vessel during melting of the material. The vessel is configured for movement between in a first position to restrict entry of molten material into an injection path of the vessel and to contain the material in the recess during melting, and a second position to allow movement of the material in a molten form through the injection path and into the mold (e.g., using a plunger). The vessel can be used in an injection molding system for molding bulk amorphous alloys.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150158080A1 MATERIAL CONTAINING VESSELS FOR MELTING MATERIAL Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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