Multiple wheel weight casting die

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CASTING A PLURALITY OF WHEEL WEIGHTS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FIRST SUPPORT PLATE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SIDES, A SECOND SUPPORT PLATE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SIDES, MEANS MOUNTING SAID SUPPORT PLATES FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, SAID FIRST SIDES OF SAID PLATES BEING IN OPPOSED RELATION AND ADAPTED TO BE ADJACENTLY DISPOSED DURING CASTING, A MOVABLE MOUNTED DIE-OPERATING PLATE DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID SECOND SIDE OF SAID FIRST SUPPORT PLATE, A BACKING PLATE DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID SECOND SIDE OF SAID SECOND SUPPORT PLATE, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST SUPPORT PLATE ADAPTED TO MOVE SAID FIRST SUPPORT PLATE AND DIEOPERATING PLATE AWAY FROM SAID SECOND SUPPORT PLATE, A PLURALITY OF DIE PARTS MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST SIDE OF SAID FIRST SUPPORT PLATE, CAVITIES AND WHEEL WEIGHT CLIPRETAINING MEANS DEFINED IN SAID DIE PARTS WHEREBY A PAIR OF SAID DIE PARTS DEFINER A FIRST WHEEL WEIGHT CAVITY UPON THE DIE PARTS OF A PAIR BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT EACH OTHER, POSITIONING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID DIE PARTS AND SAID DIE-OPERATING PLATE WHEREBY SEPARATION OF SAID FIRST SUPPORT PLATE AND SAID DIE-OPERATING PLATE SEPARATES THE PLATE PARTS DEFINING A COMMON FIRST CAVITY AND RELEASES THE WHEEL WEIGHT AND CLIP ASSEMBLY RETAINED THEREIN, ACTUATING MEANS ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY SEPARATE SAID DIE-OPERATING PLATE AND SAID FIRST SUPPORT PLATE, A PLURALITY OF SECOND WHEEL WEIGHT CAVITIES DEFINED IN SAID FIRST SIDE OF SAID SECOND SUPPORT PLATE IN OPPOSITION TO AND ALIGNED WITH SAID FIRST WHEEL WEIGHT CAVITIES WHEREBY UPON SAID SUPPORT PLATES BEING CONTIGUOUSLY DISPOSED DURING CASTING AND FIRST AND SECOND WHEEL WEIGHT CAVITIES DEFINE A COMPLETE WHEEL WEIGHT CAVITY, A PLURALITY OF INJECTION PASSAGES DEFINED IN SAID SECOND SUPPORT PLATE, A PASSAGE COMMUNICATING WITH EACH SECOND WHEEL WEIGHT CAVITY, A PRIMARY PASSAGE RECESS DEFINED IN SAID BACKING PLATE ADJACENT SAID SECOND SIDE OF SAID SECOND SUPPORT PLATE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID INJECTION PASSAGES, A PRIMARY INJECTION PORT DEFINED ON SAID SECOND SUPPORT PLATE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID PRIMARY PASSAGE RECESS, AND SPRUE-EJECTING MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BACKING PLATE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A SPRUE WITHIN SAID BACKING PLATE PRIMARY PASSAGE, AND OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SPRUE-EJECTING MEANS.