Patent information:

Patent:Utility 2,415,462
Patented:February 11, 1947
Applied:August 10, 1943
Title:Ceramic Molding Press
Description:Vacuum molding of clay articles such as insulators. This may be the patent used by Locke to make their ""vacuum dry pressing"" porcelain insulators.
Category:Press
Assigned to:Western Electric Co.

Patentee Information:

CHERRY, George L. Western Springs, IL
VEALE, Charles C. Wheaton, IL

Class and subclass information:

Class:425PLASTIC ARTICLE OR EARTHENWARE SHAPING OR TREATING: APPARATUS
Subclass:355FEMALE MOLD AND OPPOSED COAXIAL DYNAMIC PRESS MEMBERS Opposed press members each moving one at a time toward the other;
Class:164METAL FOUNDING
Subclass:314MEANS TO SHAPE METALLIC MATERIAL Pressure shaping means Injection type Piston-cylinder charger Hydraulic piston pressure means;
Class:164METAL FOUNDING
Subclass:DIG.9 
Class:425PLASTIC ARTICLE OR EARTHENWARE SHAPING OR TREATING: APPARATUS
Subclass:152WITH SAFETY FEATURE Plural starting buttons or mold operating means dependent upon position of a machine element;
Class:425PLASTIC ARTICLE OR EARTHENWARE SHAPING OR TREATING: APPARATUS
Subclass:153WITH SAFETY FEATURE Secondary means to prevent accidental motion, (e.g., mold closing, etc.) or means to relieve gaseous pressure;
Class:425PLASTIC ARTICLE OR EARTHENWARE SHAPING OR TREATING: APPARATUS
Subclass:420PRESS FORMING APPARATUS HAVING OPPOSED PRESS MEMBERS Male shaping member and female mold Including provision to remove entrained gas;
Class:425PLASTIC ARTICLE OR EARTHENWARE SHAPING OR TREATING: APPARATUS
Subclass:DIG.35 
Class:425PLASTIC ARTICLE OR EARTHENWARE SHAPING OR TREATING: APPARATUS
Subclass:DIG.45 

Known specimens:

None known

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