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Claim 1

A FOUNDRY MOLDING MACHINE COMPRISING A BASE, LAN UPSTANDING FRAME SECURED TO SAID BASE, A PAIR OF ELEVATING CYLINDERS MOUNTED IN SAID BASE AND SUPPORTING A PATTERN PLATE THEREON, MEANS ON SAID FRAME TO POSITION A FLASK ABOVE SAID PATTERN PLATE TO BE RAISED FROM SAID MEANS WHEN SAID PATTERN PLATE IS RAISED BY SAID PISTONCYLINDER ASSEMBLIES, A SAND HOPPER AT THE TOP OF SAID FRAME, A SAND BOX WITHIN SAID FRAME BENEATH SAID SAND HOPPER, AND LOUVER MEANS TO CONTROL THE GRAVITY DISCHARGE OF SAND FROM SAID SAND BOX, CONVEYOR MEANS EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY TRANSVERSELY IN SAID FRAME, CARRIAGE MEANS POSITIONED ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, AND MEANS TO SHUTTLE SAID CARRIAGE MEANS BACK AND FORTH BENEATH SAID LOUVER MEANS; SAID CARRIAGE MEANS COMPRISING A SAND CHUTE ADAPTED TO BE ALIGNED WITH SAID LOUVER MEANS AND SAID PATTERN PLATE AND FLASK IN ONE POSITION THEREOF, AND A SAND SQUEEZE HEAD ADAPTED TO BE ALIGNED WITH SAID PATTERN PLATE AND FLASK IN THE OTHER POSITON THEREOF, SAID PISTON-CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES BEING OPERATIVE TO RAISE SAID PATTERN PLATE AND FLASK IN THE OTHER POSITION THEREOF, WHEN SO ALIGNED TO SQUEEZE THE SAND THEREIN, SAID MEANS TO SHUTTLE SAID CARRIAGE BACK AND FORTH COMPRISING A PISTON-CYLINDER ASSEMBLY HAVING THE ROD THEREOF CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIAGE MEANS, AND HOOD MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE MEANS OPERATIE ALWAYS TO OVERLIE THE ROD OF SAID PISTON-CYLINDER ASSEMBLY TO PROTECT THE SAME FROM FALLING SAND.