Patent · US Active

Split mold insert for a molding system

US7798804B2 · kind B2 · utility

21Cited by

11References

53Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. · CA

Inventors

Sven Kmoch · Platten, DE
Ralf Walter Fisch · Saarburg, DE
Arnold Mai · Irrel, DE
Friedhelm Schmitz · Wittlich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2007
Grant date	Sep 21, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S425/058
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a split mold insert for a molding system. A first split mold insert complementary to a second split mold insert, the first and second split mold inserts configured, in use, to form a neck region of a preform capable of being blow-molded. The first split mold insert comprises a top portion and a bottom portion; the top portion for abutting, in use, a cavity plate assembly and the bottom portion being at an opposite extreme relative to the top portion; a back portion and a face portion opposite each other, extending between the top and bottom portions, the face portion defining a molding surface defining portion for forming, in use, at least a portion of the neck region of the preform; the back portion comprising a connecting interface for connecting, in use, to a slide bar.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.