Patents Assigned to Plastron Corporation
  • Patent number: 5417560
    Abstract: A drive apparatus for driving a movable member of a plastic molding die apparatus is provided which drives and controls a movable shaft for holding a gas injection nozzle by using a plurality of cylinders so that the gas injection nozzle of the die apparatus for use in a gas injection molding method can easily be changed. Resin is supplied from a position through a second die into a cavity formed between a first die and the second die, the drive apparatus disposed adjacent to the first die is used to drive the movable shaft for holding the nozzle of a gas supply means to supply gas into the resin in the cavity so that a hollow product is molded. The nozzle of the gas supply means is disposed at the leading portion of the hollow movable shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Plastron Corporation
    Inventors: Akimasa Kaneishi, Tetsuya Hozumi