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Molding system and method

US11433579B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NIKE, Inc. · US

Inventors

Hossein A. Baghdadi · Portland, US
Joseph Thomas Muth · North Plains, US
Bradley C. Tutmark · Beaverton, US
H. Kenneth Hanson, III · Cincinnati, US
Danny David Lumpkin · Cincinnati, US
Robert L. Ritchie · Warsaw, US
Shawn J. Schnee · Kyles, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2019
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29K2995/0078
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A molding system and a method for operation of the molding system are provided. The method includes flowing a molten polymeric material from an upstream device into an in-mold tuning chamber in a filling position where the in-mold tuning chamber is positioned at least partially within a mold cavity. The method also includes adjusting at least one of a temperature of and a pressure applied to the molten polymeric material in the in-mold tuning chamber to create a first tuned molten polymeric material and releasing the tuned molten polymeric material into the mold cavity from the in-mold tuning chamber.

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