Abstract: A clamp assembly includes a base, a clamp, a cutting blade, and a connecting shaft. The clamp includes a first claw pivotably connected to the base via a first rotating shaft, and a second claw movable relative to the first claw and pivotably connected to the base via a second rotating shaft. The cutting blade is coupled to an end of the second rotating shaft away from the clamp. The connecting shaft has one end fixed to the second claw and the other end fixed to the cutting blade for making the cutting blade capable of rotating along the second rotating shaft together with the second claw.

Abstract: The invention provides an injection molding process, in which a gate is cut off within a mold in resin molding to obtain a good gate-cut surface, as well as a resin molded product and a resin molding mold. In the injection molding process, a cutting pin, which is connected to a cutting pin working plate provided in parallel with a driving device or an ejector plate provided in a mold, slides on a mold parting line between a fixed-side block, on which corner cutting or a R shape is provided at the approach port, and a movable-side block opposed to the fixed-side block. The wall thickness of a compression shape portion opposed to the cutting pin is larger than that of a gate and a product shape portion. The cutting pin compresses a resin in this portion toward the product shape portion at predetermined timing to cut off the gate portion and integrate the resin with the product shape.

Abstract: An exemplary injection mold includes a stationary mold, a movable mold, and an ejection device. The stationary mold includes a stationary core received therein. The stationary core includes a stationary molding surface. The movable mold includes a movable core corresponding to the stationary core. The movable core includes a movable molding surface and defines an injection channel. When the injection mold is closed, the stationary molding surface and the movable molding surface cooperatively define a molding cavity of a configuration corresponding to that of an article to be molded, with the injection channel communicates with the molding cavity. The ejection device includes a knockout pin passing through the movable mold and terminating at the molding cavity. The knockout pin includes a trimming edge having a sharp tip protruding into a top end of the injection channel.

Abstract: A positionable gas nozzle assembly having a nozzle tube for injecting and directing pressurized air or other inert gas into a pellet slurry so as to increase the velocity of the slurry from a pelletizer to and through a dryer. The variably positionable nozzle tube can be inserted, retracted and/or intermediately positioned either manually or using an automated control system. The automated control system preferably includes a pneumatic cylinder movably engaged with a carriage that is fixedly coupled to the nozzle tube. The pneumatic cylinder contains a piston that is magnetically coupled with the carriage such that movement of the piston in response to the injection of pressurized air into the cylinder also moves the carriage and the nozzle tube to obtain the variable positions.

Abstract: An injection mold includes a stationary mold section, a movable mold section and an up-down sliding side core. The movable mold section and the stationary mold section define a molding cavity capable of receiving liquefied molding material for forming an article. The sliding side core is received between the stationary mold section and the movable mold section and adjacent to the molding cavity, a side of the sliding side core defines a fixing portion for engaging and further moving upwardly the expected product out of the molding cavity. The injection mold can mold the expected product and conveniently guide the product out of the mold, the injection mold is easy to be manufactured, the cost for manufacturing the injection mold is lower.

Abstract: In forming a plastic mold product having an inner hole, a flash of a degree which is required to be removed in a following step is prevented from occurring. The cutter punch 12 in one of the stationary mold 1 and the movable mold 2, the gas passage 7 in at least one of the stationary mold 1 and the movable mold 2 to communicate with the cavity 54, a valve provided on a gas pipe which communicates with the gas passage 7, and a controller are provided. The cutter punch 12 is adapted to be movable between a normal position for injection of the melted resin and a projected position in which the cutter punch 12 projects into the cavity 54 so that a clearance remains between the cutter punch 12 and its counterpart at the position for forming the optical disk substrate with the inner hole, with the gas coming out of the gas passage being capable of flowing into the clearance.

Abstract: A cut structure for a mold apparatus (100), which the cut structure is configured for being connected to a mold cavity (210), includes a first hole (42), a cut punch (48) and a draw pin (49). The first hole is configured to communicate with the mold cavity. The cut punch is movably received in the first hole for cutting a portion of a molded product. The cut punch defines a second hole (486); and the draw pin is movably received in the second hole of the cut punch. The draw pin has a wedge cutout (492) configured for drawing the portion of a molded product from the mold apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for degating is provided for separating excess molding material from encapsulated electronic packages while the electronic packages are located in a molding system. At least one holding device is coupled to a mold of the molding system, which is located such that excess molding material is molded onto at least a portion of the holding device during molding. A locking feature on the portion of the holding device locks the excess molding material such that the holding device may hold the excess molding material molded onto it to forcibly separate the excess molding material from the encapsulated electronic packages after molding.

Abstract: A fixed mold (10) has engaging pins (17) projecting towards a movable mold (20). Each engaging pin (17) includes a shaft (17A) and a large-diameter portion (17C) formed at the leading end of the shaft (17A). The large-diameter portions (17C) of the engaging pins (17) interfere with the bottom surfaces of recesses (53) of an ejector plate (50) in the process of separating the movable mold (20). Thus, the ejector plate (50) is moved forward relative to the movable mold (20) and leading ends of ejector pins (90) project from the movable mold (20).

Abstract: A gear molding method for molding a plurality of plastic gears having a different number of ribs without changing costly gates uses a mold having a prescribed gear shape including a prescribed number of grooves substantially radially arranged in the mold. A prescribed number of gates is provided for pouring molten plastic into the mold. When a plastic gear is molded and separated from the mold, a prescribed number of grooves are additionally cut at a middle angular position between each of the pair of neighboring grooves without changing the gates. Then, another gear having increased number of ribs is molded using the same gates.

Abstract: A device for removing an injection-molded substrate with attached sprue from an injection mold having half-molds, in particular a substrate for optical data carriers, includes a lever that can swing in and out of a position between the half-molds of the injection mold and is constructed to include a substrate retaining mechanism with a substrate retaining member with a recess or an opening sized to hold the substrate and configured to receive the sprue with a pass fit. The substrate retaining member secures the substrate in place as the lever swings in and out of the open half-molds. An injection molding machine using the device is also described. The substrate can be quickly demolded and the sprue removed in a single operation without producing dust in the mold.

Abstract: A product ejecting apparatus for an injection molding machine includes: a first drive unit; a first transmission unit connected to the first drive unit, wherein a rotation of the first drive unit results in a rotation of the first transmission unit; a second drive unit; a second transmission unit connected to the second drive unit, wherein a rotation of the second drive unit causes a rotation of the second transmission unit; an ejector pin configured to reciprocate based upon a motion of the first transmission unit; and a working member connected to the second transmission unit, wherein a movement of the second transmission unit results in reciprocating movement of the working member. The first drive unit is operated so as to cause the first transmission member to reciprocate, thereby causing the ejector pin to reciprocate. The second drive unit is operated so as to cause the second transmission member to reciprocate, thereby causing the working member to reciprocate.

Abstract: A rotary-molded, three-dimensional, multi-polymer article, e.g. a multi-color door mat, where sections of projecting elements comprise different polymers. Such multi-polymer articles are produced on a rotating cylindrical mold in continuous lengths wherein said apparatus comprises a rotatable, cylindrical mold having a plurality of circumferential, rows of cavities and a plurality of parallel grooves separating the rows of cavities. Two sources of polymer are fed to the rotating mold from a stationary polymer injection block in arcuate proximity to the mold and having a plurality of cavity injection ports for supplying at least two different polymers to corresponding rows of cavities to form projecting elements, and a plurality of base-forming injection ports for supplying polymer to corresponding parallel grooves to form a base.

Abstract: A multi-daylight mould moulding machine with more than two parting planes removes parts between a number of mould halves and transfers parts onto a conveying device, in which an arm of a removal device moves into a parting plane between opened mould halves. Parts are removed from mould cavities of a mould half and transferred to a transfer device, which deposits the parts on a conveying path. Parts in all the parting planes are removed simultaneously by a removal device, which has arms corresponding in their number to the number of parting planes. The removal device is moved into a first transfer position, parts from one group of arms are deposited by a transfer unit on a first conveying path and then moved into at least a second transfer position where parts from a further group of arms are deposited by a further transfer unit on a second conveying path.

Abstract: It is possible to obtain a disk substrate in which an edge of a center hole is free of flash. The disk substrate (23) in which the center hole (24) is provided with a straight portion (24a) and a tapered portion (24b), and an edge on the side of a signal transfer surface (22) of the tapered portion (24b) is provided with an R surface or C surface (24c), a mold apparatus optimum for molding the disk substrate (23), and a disk taking-out apparatus.

Abstract: An equipment and method of manufacturing an amplifier utilizes different injection molding machines to respectively manufacture an external case of an amplifier by using unlimited kinds of material to increase the connection between a diaphragm and a suspension, reduce the cost and enhance the speed of manufacture and the utilization rate of producibility tremendously.

Abstract: It is possible to obtain a disk substrate in which an edge of a center hole is free of flash. The disk substrate (23) in which the center hole (24) is provided with a straight portion (24a) and a tapered portion (24b), and an edge on the side of a signal transfer surface (22) of the tapered portion (24b) is provided with an R surface or C surface (24c), a mold apparatus optimum for molding the disk substrate (23), and a disk taking-out apparatus.

Abstract: A quick connect coupler for connection to a stud includes a female coupler body having a plurality of balls in ball receiving bores which are advanceable into a stud bore in the female coupler for engaging a stud upon advancement of the stud into the stud bore. The balls are held in engagement with the stud by a locking collar having an annular groove. The female coupler is disengaged from the stud by pressurized air acting against a plunger mounted within the stud bore and connected to the locking collar to drive the locking collar forward such that the annular groove is advanced into alignment with the ball receiving bores in the female coupler body. A blocking sleeve is mounted on a plunger shaft and biased forward to slide across the ball receiving bores as the stud is withdrawn to hold the balls out of the stud bore.

Abstract: A length adjustable extension bar for connecting a mold ejector plate to a press ejector plate comprises a rotatable member threadingly secured on one end of a threaded stud. An opposite end of the threaded stud is connected to the press ejector plate and a distal end or head of the rotatable member is connected to the mold ejector plate. Rotation of the rotatable member relative to the threaded stud increases or decreases the overall length of the extension bar. A locking assembly comprising a locking sleeve biased by a spring into engagement with a locking nut is mounted on the extension bar to prevent adjustments in the length of the extension bar without first advancing the locking sleeve out of engagement with the locking nut. The locking sleeve is slidably mounted on the rotatable member shaft but is prevented from rotating relative to the shaft by a pin extending through the rotatable member shaft and aligned slots formed on opposite sides of the locking sleeve.

Abstract: An injection-molding apparatus comprises a mold (3) having a first and a second mold section (5, 7). A bounding surface (13) of the second mold section (7) is in contact with a base (19) of the injection-molding apparatus. A movable punch (81) for severing a sprue slug from the product and an ejector for ejecting the sprue slug from the punch have been provided in the second mold section. The injection-molding apparatus further comprises an arrangement (93, 99) for moving the punch and the ejector. This arrangement is externally of the mold inside the base. As a result of this, the mold can be of compact construction and no connection lines for moving the punch and the ejector are required, so that the mold can be removed rapidly from the injection-molding apparatus. The punch (81) and the ejector (91) have been divided at the location of the bounding surface (113).

Abstract: A mold for molding an optical disk including a pair of mold halves which cooperate to form a mold cavity for forming the optical disk, an annular plate-like stamper and a stamper holding member. One of the pair of mold halves has an annular recess in a radially inner portion thereof. The stamper has a center hole and is positioned in the mold cavity. The stamper holding member is removably accommodated in the annular recess for supporting the stamper at an inner peripheral portion. The stamper holding member includes a first ring member having an annular collar portion extending radially outwardly from an axial end of the first ring member, and a second ring member removably fitted on an axial end portion of the first ring member. The stamper is positioned such that the inner peripheral portion is interposed between the annular collar portion of the first ring member and an inner portion of the second ring member.

Abstract: An improved injection molding apparatus having a fixed mold 7 having a molten resin passage 16b and a movable second mold 8 having a molten resin passage 18 is presented in which residual hardened resin left in molten resin passages of the injection apparatus is removed automatically after every injection operation. The invented device is provided with a reciprocating member 34 which is coupled in molten resin passages 16b, 18, and during the injection step, the molten resin passage 16b is extended to the molten resin passage 18 by moving the reciprocating member 34 into the second mold to communicate a mold cavity 17 with a resin injection device 14. After the completion of the injection step, the reciprocating member 34 is moved to the back position to remove any resin left in the molten resin passage towards the first mold.

Abstract: An improved method for forming a disc substrate having a bottomed centering hole for rotating and driving the disc. The method includes injecting synthetic resin into a mold cavity formed by a first and second metal molds to form the substrate, and punching at least part of the centering hole by a movable member protruded into the mold cavity to form a through-hole. A stamper containing digital information is held in place inside the mold cavity by its inner circumference by means of a vacuum or a magnet.

Abstract: A local pressurizing type injection molding apparatus including a stationary die, a movable die disposed for movement into and out of contact with the stationary diet a first local pressurizing pin extending through the movable die and having a tip facing a gate, and a second local pressurizing pin extending through the movable die and having a tip facing the cavity. The apparatus is further provided with first advancing mechanism for advancing the first local pressurizing pin, second advancing mechanism for advancing the second local pressurizing pint and a device for individually setting the points in time at which advancing movements of the first local pressurizing pin and the second local pressurizing pin are started and for individually setting the pressurizing pressures given by the first local pressurizing pin and the second local pressurizing pin.

Abstract: A tamper-evident thermoplastic fitment having a spout and a closure for said spout are welded to a polymer-coated paperboard container or to a flexible plastic container. The fitment and closure are initially molded simultaneously but with a substantial space between the two parts interconnected by an elongated runner which conducts molten plastic from the closure to the fitment. Upon retraction of the core of the mold, the closure is pulled into the spout until shoulders on the parts engage, whereupon the closure is stripped from the mold core. The runner comprises a tear tab which slides through an apertured space on the closure. When the parts engage tangs on the tear tab engage the space, making the assembly tamper-evident. The fitment has a flange which may be welded or otherwise secured to the container. The tab may be pulled by the consumer to open the container. The closure may be unscrewed from the spout or otherwise disengaged.

Abstract: A vent valve for a gas assisted injection molding machine has a valve member to control flow from the mold cavity. A shear co-operates with an anvil in the passageway between the mold and valve member to sever material in the passageway as the molded article is ejected.

Abstract: To produce base boards each usable for an information recording medium such as a photoelectromagnetic disc or the like by employing an injection molding process, an injection molding die of the type comprising a die half on the stationary side and a die half on the movable side includes a cylindrical supporting member on the stationary side, a die assembly on the stationary side arranged in the cylindrical supporting member, a cylindrical supporting member on the movable side, a die assembly on the movable side arranged in the cylindrical supporting member, a cylindrical guide member located between both the cylindrical members, a first driving unit for displacing the die half on the movable side, and a second driving unit for actuating an ejector sleeve.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a plastic molded part. A plasticized plastic composition is fed to the open mold cavity defined between a lower and an upper mold half. At least one web and perhaps two webs of decorative material to be applied to the molded part extend across the mold cavity. The closing of the mold halves presses the plastic composition against the web or webs. There is at least one two-part clamping frame for resiliently holding the web of decorative material by clamping it outside the mold cavity, so that the web can slip with respect to the composition as the mold halves move together. One clamping frame half is developed with an immersion edge which defines a side edge of the mold cavity and with a cutting plane spaced from the immersion edge a distance sufficient that the frame half also serves as an ejector for the molded part from the mold cavity as the mold halves open apart.

Abstract: To provide a resin molding method and apparatus that may realize a sprue runnerless system with a very simple structure and at a low cost, a molten resin 4 is fed from a resin supply portion 1 into a pair of cavities 3 through a resin passages 2 such as a sprue portion 2A and a pair of runner portion 2B for molding the resin. The method includes the following steps of: moving a resin return member 5 toward the resin supply portion 1 after supplying the molten resin 4 into the cavities 3, the resin return member 5 being disposed so as to be projectable into the resin passage 2 and movable through the resin passage 2; and returning a waste molded resin 6 under a molten/solid condition within the resin passage 2 back into the resin supply portion 1 under a molten condition by a heat of the resin supply portion 1.

Abstract: A locally pressurizing type injection molding machine includes a stationary die and a movable die, so that a molded product can be formed by charging a resin into a cavity defined between the dies. A pressurizing pin extends through the movable die and has its tip end facing at least one of a resin passage and the cavity. A pressurizing cylinder is disposed at the rear of the pressurizing pin to move the pressurizing pin through the pressurizing rod. Therefore, the resin charged in the cavity can be pressurized by advancing the pressurizing pin into a resin passage, for example, a gate, the cavity or the like and hence, it is possible not only to provide an extremely thin molded product, but also to prevent the generation of a sink mark. The area occupied by the movable platen can be reduced by disposing the pressurizing rod and ejector rod coaxially.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for separating an injection molded product from a sprue/runner formed with the injection molded product in injection molds includes a product receiver underlying the injection molds for receiving the product after the molds have been opened and a sprue/runner receiver underlying the injection molds for receiving the sprue/runners after the molds have been opened. The product receiver and the sprue/runner receiver are positioned relative to the molds and relative to each other such that the product falls onto the product receiver while being precluded from falling into the sprue/runner receiver and the sprue/runners fall into the sprue/runner receiver while being precluded from falling onto the product receiver.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for degating an injection mold high aspect ratio injection mold plastic article includes a pair of spring biased mold inserts locatable against opposed sides of a runner following initial mold opening movement and wherein one of the pair of mold inserts has a cutting edge and a first operative position engageable with the part following solidification thereof for supporting the part within the mold along an edge portion thereof that is joined to the runner; and wherein the other of the pair of mold inserts has a cutting edge that cooperates with the cutting edge of the one mold insert following mold opening to cut the runner from the part during the ejection of the solidified part.

Abstract: An injection molding mechanism and method of its use for the formation in a single sequence of operations of weld-line free cylindrical container body portions having a central opening at one end. The central opening is formed by the removal of the central top sprue portion of the container body. The container body produced by this mechanism can be used as a pressurizable dispensing container.

Abstract: A mold for manufacturing polyurethane parts using the RIM process, has two mold halves which between them enclose a mold cavity. The mold cavity is sealed off from the outside by a sealing surface. A gap of 15 to 30 mm depth and 0.15 to 0.25 mm width is provided between the mold cavity and the sealing surface.

Abstract: A method of producing injection molded in-line skate wheels is disclosed. The method includes heating an injection molding unit suitable for injecting molten polyurethane, placing a thermoplastic polyether type polyurethane into the unit and heating the polyurethane until it is molten or at about 380.degree. to about 460.degree. F. A polyurethane hub is placed in a mold whereby the mold and hub are of shapes and sizes suitable for producing in-line skate wheels. The hub-containing mold is heated to about 50.degree. to about 100.degree. F. in order to prevent the molten polyurethane from prematurely hardening. Once the mold is heated, about 46 to about 50 g of polyurethane is injected into the mold at about 75 to about 100 psi. The polyurethane is cooled to about 120.degree. to about 130.degree. F. to allow the polyurethane to harden and the resulting wheel is removed from the mold.

Abstract: A machine for molding bonded plastics material, in particular expanded or foamable polystyrene in combination with rigid sheet polystyrene, wherein the rigid material (2) is preformed in a preforming station (1) in a preforming mold (33, 36) while simultaneously separating by a cutter (40) the preformed portion from the rigid sheet of starting material to produce separate preformed pieces, the preformed pieces are moved by a transfer table (27) to a molding station (3) while retained on preforming half-mold (33), foamable material (44) is fed to molding mold (41) and molded and bonded on the preformed pieces with sintering by pulse action of steam (45) and, the final molded articles (P) are discharged at discharge station (6). The half-mold (33) is moved alternately between the preforming station (1) and molding station (3), and cooperates with respective counter-molds (36, 41). The scrap is recovered without being involved in the molding stage.

Abstract: A molded disk is transferred out of the mold with short-stroke low-mass motions of a pair of mechanical guides which can grip, then release, the O.D. edge of the molded disk, when acting in coordination with movable mold members having undercuts for molded-on retention of the inner portion of the molded disk and/or sprue. Acting together, the disk is stripped off the molding surfaces and can be oriented in a second vertical plane to freely drop out an aperture in the mold, to exit through a discharge chute. Two ways of separating the sprue from the disk are shown, with a molded-in centerhole being preferred. This method and apparatus for transferring the molded disk out faster by gravity discharge wherein an optical disk mold can be enclosed against airborne dirt throughout molding cycles.

Abstract: A molded part formed by outsert-molding a resin into a through hole of a pipe part includes a pipe part and a resin part. The pipe part includes a hole having a tapered surface whose size is gradually reduced inward from an end portion of a through hole formed in an outsert-molded part such as a metal part, and a resin part has an outer shape matching the tapered surface. The resin part is formed in the pipe part by outsert molding.

Abstract: An injection mold of the type in which a film gate of a resin is formed and in which shearing of the film gate is conducted by a movement of a gate cutter alone. The gate cutter has a stepped cylindrical form with a main cylindrical portion of a greater diameter and a coaxial end cylindrical portion of a smaller diameter. When the mold is closed, the end cylindrical portion being received in the bore of a confronting die leaving therebetween an annular gap of a radial size which determines a gate thickness. The outer peripheral surface of the portion of the gate cutter received in the bore of the die presenting a gate land.

Abstract: Optimum sprue design requires suitably large cross-sectional area of the open aperture during mold filling and packing yet fast heat removal from the molten sprue during solidification. This is accomplished by a "hollow" sprue configuration, wherein an enlarged female sprue bushing cavity of large draft angles is axially aligned with a "spreader die" type of male member having a generally conical-tipped or parabolic-tipped torpedo shape, creating a cross-sectional open aperture consisting of an annular ring along at least partway up from the base to the tip. Both male and female may be fitted with internal mass-transport cooling. Since the cooling time of the sprue is directly proportional to the wall thickness of the molten plastic sprue being formed, and cooling time is further inversely proportional to the plastic/mold surface area, the resulting "hollow sprue" provides superior cooling without impaired fill and pack function.

Abstract: A die assembly for die casting a propeller structure, such as a wax propeller pattern. The pattern, which is identical in configuration to a cast metal propeller to be produced, includes a generally cylindrical hub having an outwardly flared end and a plurality of blades project outwardly from the hub. The die assembly includes a base plate and a lower core section extends upwardly from the base plate through an opening in a stripper plate, which is mounted for movement toward and away from the base plate. A plurality of die sections are mounted for generally radial sliding movement on the stripper plate from an outer open position to a closed position where they define a die cavity with the core section. The die assembly also includes an upper die unit that is mounted for vertical movement and has a cavity in its lower surface which receives the upper ends of the die sections when in the closed position.

Abstract: A blade of an exposure control such as an iris control device or a shutter control device is provided for use in cameras. A sheet of a resin or metallic material configured as desired into the final blade form is placed in an injection molding machine which has a pin-forming cavity on one side of the sheet. The sheet is broken and penetrated at its portions where pins are to be formed and fixed, such that portions of the material of the sheet are deformed to project into the cavity. A molten resin is injected through a sprue formed on the opposite side of the sheet to the cavity so that the injected resin fills the cavity to form a pin in such a manner that the deformed and projected portion of the material of the sheet is embedded in the pin-forming resin. Another pin is formed on the other side of the sheet simultaneously with the first-mentioned pin in the same manner in the same die apparatus.

Abstract: A dispensing system for separating runners and molded products dispensed from an injection mold assembly is disclosed. The dispensing system comprises a dispensing chute disposed proximate the mold assembly. The dispensing chute is operative to direct materials passing into the chute to one of two collection areas in response to control signals. The control signals are generated in synchronization with ejection of the product or the runner such that the product is directed to a first collection area and the runner is directed to a second collection area. The control signal may have a programmable duration such that the dispensing chute may operate in synchronization with various types of sequential ejection systems.

Abstract: A product ejector in a motor-driven, direct-acting type hydraulic mold clamping system, which includes a rod mounted on a ball screw for driving a moving platen at a forward end of the screw on the side of the platen, so that the rod is immovable axially and engageable with and disengageable from an ejector plate attached to an ejector bar slidably arranged within a bore in the platen. When the platen moves rearwardly, the ejector plate, moving together with the platen, is abutted against the rod. As the platen moves farther rearwardly, the rod causes the ejector bar to project into a mold mounted to the platen, against the force of a spring inteposed between the ejector plate and the platen, to eject a molded article.

Abstract: A press for moldinig thermoplastic, thermosetting, polyurethane polymeric articles comprises three workstations arranged side by side and including a central molding station and two lateral stations for cooling and extracting molded articles. Two molds are rigidly connected to one another and controlled by a transfer pusher which alternately moves the molds from the molding station to either of the cooling and extraction stations. A first presser at the central molding station applies a closure pressure necessary for the material injection, while auxiliary presser arranged in each station applies a reduced secondary pressure to the molds at the end of the injection step, during the translatory motion of the mold and during the cooling step.

Abstract: An apparatus for connecting a tear-off section of a sealing cap with a pulling member including positioning means for orienting the sealing cap relative to the mould parts with the attachment part enclosed within the mould cavity and a chamber to receive a quantity of plastic material and communicating with the mould cavity via passages so that when the mould parts close the plastic will flow from the chamber into the mould cavity and envelop the attachment part.

Abstract: A rotary block having a gate is rotatably mounted within either one of stationary or movable die plates so that the gate forms a resin passage interconnected to a molding cavity in the stationary die plate in the mold closing state. A gate slug which is inevitably formed on a molded article in injection molding can effectively be cut off by rotating the rotary block so as to intercept the resin passage before a mold opening process.

Abstract: An article extracting means which is mounted on a carriage means which in turn is slidably mounted on the side of an article forming machine having two members movable relative to one another to form an article between them. A pivoted extractor arm in mounted on the carriage means to pivot in a vertical plane toward and away from the forming machine. An upper portion of the extractor arm carries an independently pivoted arm which may move in the same vertical plane as the extractor arm between at least two 180 degree opposed positions related to positioning gripping members carried thereby between an article gripping and an article release positions. The gripping members feature a construction wherein opposing jaw members are moved in a parallel direction toward and away from one another. One jaw member is actuated in a linear direction which via a rack and pinion arrangement cause the other jaw to move in parallel, but opposing direction.

Abstract: An injection molding system is provided with a plurality of wall segments which are displaceable substantially radially for forming a substantially continuous wall which forms an internal wall of a hollow region which is intended to be filled with molten molding material. In a preferred embodiment, the wall segments are urged into sliding communication with one another and sealable engagement with a further wall portion by operation of an actuator assembly which is provided with canted pins which cause the wall segments to be moved radially inwardly and outwardly in response to orthogonal displacement of the actuator assembly. The invention is therefore particularly suited for forming molded articles having hollow interiors and/or internally ribbed portions. In an embodiment where a slot is desired in the molded article, a slot core is arranged to communicate with the molten molding material, so as to form the slot, and an ejection mechanism.

Abstract: A sprue part is cut and removed from the injection mold part during the manufacture of information storage disks by an injection molding process. The highly sensitive molding of an information storage disk is protected from damage by the sprue and the deposition of dust particles during stripping by this process. The sprue is punched into a part serving as the die of the injection molding tool and subsequently removed, in particular by suction, through an orifice leading from inside the part, together with the dust particles generated in the punching process. Preferably, the sprue is punched out and removed with the injection molding tool closed. The injection molding tool must be opened only after the sprue and the dust have already been removed, thus ensuring that the molded product has an especially good quality.