Blow and squeeze molding machine and method of molding

Claim 1

A MOLDING MACHINE COMPRISING A HEAD, SAID HEAD HAVING A CAVITY THEREIN, AN OPENING IN SAID HEAD, FLEXIBLE MEANS IN SAID CAVITY IN SAID HEAD ADAPTED TO RECEIVE FLUID TO COMPRESS SAND IN A FLASK ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED BELOW SAID HEAD, A FLASK SUPPORT BELOW SAID HEAD, A PATTERN PLATE ON SAID FLASK SUPPORT, SAID OPENING IN SAID HEAD BEING RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO THE AREA OF SAID PATTERN PLATE, SAID OPENING BEING CENTRALLY DISPOSED IN SAID HEAD, SAID OPENING BEING DISPOSED TO PROJECT SAND IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION INTO SAID FLASK, SAID FLASK BEING ADAPTED TO FORM A SEAL WITH SAID HEAD, SAID FLASK SUPPORT HAVING MEANS ON SAID MACHINE TO MOVE SAID FLASK TOWARD SAID HEAD INTO SEALING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, MEANS TO BLOW SAND THROUGH SAID OPENING INTO SAID FLASK, THE PORTION OF SAID HEAD DEFINING SAID OPENING BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE TOP LEVEL OF SAID FLASK, AND MEANS TO MOVE SAID PATTERN PLATE AND SAID FLEXIBLE MEANS, RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AFTER SAID SAND IS BLOWN INTO SAID FLASK WHEREBY SAID SAND IS COMPRESSED BETWEEN SAID FLEXIBLE MEANS AND SAID PATTERN PLATE.