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Nozzle touch apparatus in an injection molding machine

US4950144A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 14, 1989
Grant dateAug 21, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C45/1777
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A nozzle touch apparatus in an injection molding machine is provided, which is capable of preventing deformation of a stationary mold half due to a nozzle touch force applied thereto, and of making it possible to use a mold of a type liable to be deformed for production of precise molding products. Springs interposed between a seat plate of the nozzle touch apparatus and a projecting wall of an extruder base generate the nozzle touch force which varies in magnitude as a function of a compressed amount of the springs. Upon a mold lockup state being released, a ball screw is rotatively driven, so that the seat plate, which is integral with a ball nut engaged with the ball screw, retreats from its moved position at the mold lockup state, to reduce the nozzle touch force and prevent deformation of the mold.

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