Apparatus for casting metal wheels

Claim 1

A WHEEL MOLD FOR CASTING WHEELS EACH HAVING A HUB JOINED TO A PLATE ALONG HUB FILLETS, AND A TREAD, A FLANGE, AND BACK OF FLANGE JOINED TO THE PLATE ALONG RIM FILLETS, SAID MOLD COMPRISING: A GRAPHITE COPE SECTION HAVING A CAVITY THEREIN; SAID COPE SECTION HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING THEREIN LEADING TO ITS CAVITY; A GRAPHITE DRAG SECTION HAVING A CAVITY THEREIN FOR MATING WITH THE CAVITY OF SAID COPE SECTION; STRAINER CORE MEANS IN SAID CENTRAL OPENING OF THE GRAPHITE COPE FOR RECEIVING MOLTEN METAL DURING POURING; A FLOAT CORE MEANS ON SAID STRAINER CORE TO FLOAT UPWARDLY WHEN SAID CAVITIES ARE FULL OF METAL; HUB CORE MEANS DISPOSED ON SAID DRAG AND ALIGNED WITH SAID CENTRAL OPENING; SAID COPE SECTION AND DRAG SECTION HAVING RECESSES FORMED ALONG FIRST FILLET AREAS, A PLATE AREA; RIM FILLET AREAS, TREAD, FLANGE AND BACK OF FLANGE AREAS; AND SAND LINING MEANS IN SELECTED OF SAID RECESSES INCLUDING THE RIM FILLET AREAS AND HAVING SURFACES COMPLEMENTARY TO THE WHEEL GEOMETRY AND FOR RECEIVING SAID MOLTEN METAL THEREAGAINST; SAID TREAD, FLANGE, AND BACK OF FLANGE AREAS BEING OF GRAPHITE DEVOID OF SAID SAND LINING MEANS.