Locking finger for a unit for molding containers made of thermoplastic material
AssigneeSidel Participations
InventorsAlexandre Toutoux, Damien Hellouin
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Abstract
A locking finger for a molding unit, the molding unit comprising a cavity for molding the container that is at least defined by a first shell fixed on a first mold holder and by a second shell fixed on a second mold holder that can move relative to the first mold holder between an open position and a closed position, the first mold holder comprising a component for controlling the locking finger and the second mold holder comprising a locking opening, the locking finger including an interface for mechanically coupling to the control component, and a locking portion designed to engage with the locking opening in the closed position. The locking portion comprises an anti-friction composite material.
Claims19
A locking finger (20) for a molding unit, the molding unit comprising a container molding cavity delimited at least by a first shell fixed onto a first mold-holder (110) and by a second shell fixed onto a second mold-holder (111) that can move relative to the first mold-holder (110) between an open position and a closed position, the first mold-holder (110) comprising a member (12) for controlling the locking finger (20) and the second mold-holder (111) comprising a locking opening (22),
- the locking finger (20) comprising:
- an interface (19) for mechanically coupling to the control member (12), and
- a locking portion designed to cooperate with the locking opening (22) in closed position,
- wherein the locking portion comprises an anti-friction composite material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.