# US 11,027,468 B2 · Manifold device for an injection molding nozzle, injection molding nozzle with manifold device and injection molding tool with injection molding nozzle and manifold device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,468 B2 - Document ID: US11027468B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/015,374 - Filed: 2018-06-22 - Published: 2018-12-27 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-22 - Applicants: GÜNTHER Heisskanaltechnik GmbH - Inventors: Herbert Günther; Siegrid Sommer; Torsten Schnell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027468B2 ## CPC - B29C 45/20: Injection nozzles {(B29C45/1603 takes precedence)} - B29C 45/2725: {Manifolds} - B29C 45/2735: {for non-coaxial gates, e.g. for edge gates} - B29C 45/278: {Nozzle tips (B29C45/2735 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) ## Abstract A manifold device for an injection-molding nozzle for an injection-molding tool has a main manifold channel for an injection-molding compound, which main manifold channel extends from an inlet opening into the manifold device as far as at least two transfer openings, and at least two manifold channels for the injection-molding compound, which manifold channels each extend from a transfer opening to an outlet opening and are each fluidically connected by a transfer opening to the main manifold channel. Also disclosed are an injection-molding nozzle with such a manifold device and an injection-molding tool with such an injection-molding nozzle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A manifold device for an injection-molding nozzle for an injection-molding tool comprising: a main manifold channel for an injection-molding compound, which the main manifold channel extends from an inlet opening into the manifold device as far as at least two transfer openings, and with at least two manifold channels which each extend from a transfer opening to an outlet opening and are each fluidically connected by the transfer opening to the main manifold channel, characterized in that the at least two transfer openings open into the main manifold channel at at least two different heights in the longitudinal direction of the main manifold channel, wherein the at least two transfer openings open into the main manifold channel on two planes which are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the main manifold channel, and wherein the outlet openings are located, 1) in the longitudinal direction of the main manifold channel, between the two planes of the at least two transfer openings; 2) in a third plane that is arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the main manifold channel; or 3) in a third plane that is arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the main manifold channel and between the two planes of the at least two transfer openings. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The manifold device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the at least two transfer openings adjacent in circumferential direction open into the main manifold channel at different heights. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The manifold device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the at least two transfer openings do not overlap on the inner circumference of the main manifold channel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The manifold device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the number of the at least two transfer openings that each open into the main manifold channel on a respective plane is equal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The manifold device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the planes in which the at least two transfer openings open into the main manifold channel are arranged parallel to each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The manifold device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the planes are arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the main manifold channel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The manifold device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the manifold device is configured to taper conically toward the inlet opening counter to the longitudinal direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The manifold device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the manifold device has, in the longitudinal direction, an outer cross section that remains constant at least in part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) An injection-molding nozzle for an injection-molding tool comprising: a nozzle body and with at least two mouthpieces which are each fluidically connected, via an outlet opening, to a mold cavity of the injection-molding tool formed in a mold insert, wherein a flow channel for an injection-molding compound to be processed is formed in the nozzle body, and with a manifold device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flow channel opens into the main manifold channel of the manifold device and the manifold channels each open into a mouthpiece of the at least two mouthpieces. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The injection-molding nozzle as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the at least two mouthpieces are arranged in a receiving device formed separately from the nozzle body, and in that the manifold device forms a holding element that secures the at least two mouthpieces releasably in the separate receiving device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The injection-molding nozzle as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that the manifold device is arranged longitudinally displaceably in the receiving device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) An injection-molding tool comprising an injection-molding nozzle as claimed in claim 9.