# US 10,864,670 B2 · Method, device and injection molding machine for manufacturing clamping ring > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,864,670 B2 - Document ID: US10864670B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/838,376 - Filed: 2017-12-12 - Published: 2019-05-02 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-01 - Assignees: Yueqing Dongbo Electromechanical Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Yueqing Dongbo Electromechanical Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yixian You; Hongbing Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10864670B2 ## CPC - B29C 48/0011: {combined with compression moulding} - B29C 48/30: Extrusion nozzles or dies (extrusion characterised by the shape or cross-section of the extruded article B29C48/03) - B29C 48/0017: {combined with blow-moulding or thermoforming} - B29C 48/03: characterised by the shape of the extruded material at extrusion - B29C 48/09: Articles with cross-sections having partially or fully enclosed cavities, e.g. pipes or channels - F16L 47/00: Connecting arrangements or other fittings specially adapted to be made of plastics or to be used with pipes made of plastics - B29L 2031/24: Pipe joints or couplings (B29L2031/26 takes precedence) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES ## Abstract Disclosed are a method, an extruder and an injection molding machine for manufacturing a clamping ring, solving problems that products produced by an extrusion method needs to be processed in two steps. The key point of technical solutions lie in a molding step of acting on a pipe member in a plastic melt state via a molding die set, to form a clamping ring from the pipe member; an injection mold injects plastic materials having memory properties through an injection gate to form a pipe member in the molding cavity, the pipe member comprises a clamping ring and a sealing film provided on one end of the clamping ring, the hydraulic mechanism drives a molding cutter to cut out a joint of the sealing film and the clamping ring in a plastic melt state, thereby a limit end is formed at one end of the clamping ring. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for manufacturing a clamping ring, comprises: an extruder, wherein, a molding apparatus is provided adjacent to one side of the extruder, the molding apparatus is provided with a molding cavity, plastic materials having memory properties are extruded from the extruder and put into the molding cavity, and with the molding apparatus acting on the plastic materials in a plastic melt state to form the clamping ring; wherein the extruder extrudes a continuous tubular extrusion pipe having memory properties, the molding apparatus is a dividing plate rotatable along a circle center, a plurality of molding cavities rotating along with the dividing plate are arranged in the circumferential direction of the dividing plate, each molding cavity has an opening towards the direction of the extruder for entrance of the continuous tubular extrusion pipe, an independent pipe member is formed after the continuous tubular extrusion pipe is entered into the molding cavity, and the independent pipe member in a plastic melt state rotates with the dividing plate and is acted in a molding station by a molding die set, to form the clamping ring; wherein a cylindrical core is provided in the molding cavity, and a driving air cylinder for driving the cylindrical core to enter into or exit from the molding cavity is provided at the other end of the opening of the molding cavity; and wherein the molding station comprises the molding die set entering the molding cavity and the molding die set comprises a first molding die and a second molding die entering from the openings at both ends of the molding cavity, respectively, and the second molding die stamps one end of the independent pipe member in a plastic melt state to form a limit end extending radially around a circle center of the independent pipe member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device for manufacturing the clamping ring according to claim 1, wherein the continuous tubular extrusion pipe is cut off at one end of the opening of the molding cavity under the rotation of the dividing plate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device for manufacturing the clamping ring according to claim 1, wherein the dividing plate is provided with a feeding station in the same horizontal line as a discharging port of the extruder, and a first cutter driven by an air cylinder that performs a reciprocating motion in the end face direction of the molding cavity opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device for manufacturing the clamping ring according to claim 1, wherein the second molding die is of a cylindrical shape, having a diameter smaller than that of the first molding die, and the second molding die makes an annular stop edge on one end of the independent pipe member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device for manufacturing the clamping ring according to claim 1, wherein the second molding die is of a cylindrical shape, and notches are uniformly opened in the cylindrical circumferential edge, so as to form a plurality of blocks at one end of the independent pipe member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device for manufacturing the clamping ring according to claim 1, wherein an outer wall of the first molding die comprises a first tapered surface to define a first taper angle on an inner wall of the clamping ring, and a second tapered surface acting on an inner wall of corresponding end face of the clamping ring to define a second taper angle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device for manufacturing the clamping ring according to claim 1, wherein a follow-up station of the molding station is a demolding station, and the demolding station comprises an ejection block driven by an air cylinder and acting on one end of the clamping ring. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The device for manufacturing the clamping ring according to claim 7, wherein at the demolding station, the first molding die driven by an air cylinder brings the clamping ring out of the molding cavity, wherein, a demolding slope is provided in the molding cavity and a stock-cutting ring is sleeved on the outer side of the first molding die. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device for manufacturing the clamping ring according to claim 1, wherein the molding apparatus comprises a molding cavity with an opening facing upward, and the extruder extrudes a specific amount of the plastic materials upward, a rotary second cutter is provided above the extruder, the plastic materials are cut out by the rotary second cutter and then placed on the rotary second cutter, and delivered into the molding cavity through a blow pipe; a sealing cap driven by an air cylinder is provided above the opening of the molding cavity, and a core driven by the air cylinder is provided in the center of the sealing cap. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device for manufacturing the clamping ring according to claim 1, wherein cooling pipes are arranged in the inner wall of the molding cavity.