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Fast cycle plasticator/injector unit for molding machines

US5123833A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 1, 1991
Grant dateJun 23, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 1, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C45/542
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fast cycle plasticator/injector unit for plastic molding machines having a screw type plasticating extruder for feeding thermoplastic material through a sealed fluid flow path to an accumulator which periodically feeds the thermoplastic material through a sealed fluid flow path to an injector that comprises a cylinder with an inlet and an outlet port and a powered piston valve element disposed for reciprocating axial and rotary motion within said cylinder and having a fluid flow channel along a portion of its length in cooperative structural relationship with said inlet port to provide an open fluid flow channel between the inlet port and the charge chamber of said cylinder when the piston is in a first rotational orientation and to block fluid flow from the inlet port to the cylinder when the piston is in a second rotational orientation.

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