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Electric actuator for a melt flow control pin

US6294122A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 6, 1998
Grant dateSep 25, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C2045/306
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an injection molding machine, an apparatus for controlling movement of a pin comprising a plastic melt flow channel having an output end for delivering molten plastic injected into the channel under pressure to a mold cavity, wherein the pin comprises an elongated rod having an axis and an end, the pin being slidably mounted within the channel for movement along its axis within the channel, an electrically driven motor drivably interconnected to an actuating mechanism, wherein the actuating mechanism is drivably interconnected to the end of the pin, the motor being controllably drivable to drive the pin through movement along its axis within the channel

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