Patents by Inventor Ivan V. Nikolaev

Ivan V. Nikolaev has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210197435
    Abstract: A shooting pot assembly for a two-stage injection unit includes: (a) a housing; (b) a plunger chamber in the housing; (c) an injection plunger in the plunger chamber; and (d) a conduit network including (i) a feed conduit, (ii) an outlet conduit, and (iii) a transfer conduit. The shooting pot assembly further includes (e) a purge valve assembly having a purge conduit open to the plunger chamber and in fluid communication with the transfer conduit via the plunger chamber when the plunger is in the advanced position. The purge valve assembly further includes a purge valve closure member movable between a closed position, in which the purge conduit is blocked, and an open position, in which the purge conduit is open for flushing stale melt from the transfer conduit through the purge conduit via supply of fresh melt into the transfer conduit from the feed conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Niigon Machines Ltd.
    Inventors: Carsten Link, Roberto Sicilia, Luke Osmokrovic, Ivan V. Nikolaev