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Pin for gas assisted injection molding system

US6354826B1 · kind B1 · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 19, 1999
Grant dateMar 12, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C45/1735
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A nozzle having an internally threaded bore communicating through a mold body with a source of a pressurized gas, and an externally threaded pin received within and engaging the threaded bore. The pin has a machined longitudinal surface creating an air passage through the bore when the pin is in place. At the outlet end of the nozzle the pin carries one or more washers having air passages machined therein.

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