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Drool control apparatus and method

US6348171B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 11, 1999
Grant dateFeb 19, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C45/322
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drool control apparatus having a piston disposed in a melt passage of a mold. The piston is moveable between a bypass position, where pressurised melt is permitted to flow past the piston to at least one nozzle, and a compression position, where the melt downstream of the piston is decompressed to inhibit drool at the nozzle.

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