Patents Examined by Karl Sturge
  • Patent number: 4695242
    Abstract: A plunger molding machine includes a material cylinder having at one end an extending die for extruding a blank therethrough and pivotally movable about a pivotal axis on a side of the extending die by means of a cylinder tilting mechanism, a piston having a size engageable in the material cylinder, and a hydraulic plunger for driving the piston. The plunger molding machine comprises a blank loading device arranged in parallel with moving directions of the piston for molding. The blank loading device comprises a blank receiving platform for receiving the blank to be molded, a chuck mechanism for preventing the blank on the platform from being dislodged therefrom, a platform tilting mechanism for tilting the platform, and a platform traversing mechanism for moving the platform in translational motion onto a side of the material cylinder to bring an axis of said blank receiving platform into alignment with that of said material cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Hattori, Hifuo Noiri