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US 12,109,744 B2Granted
Mold for molding system
AssigneeCanon Virginia, Inc.
InventorsKoki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara
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Abstract
A mold for injection molding, the mold comprising a first member, a second member configured to form a first cavity corresponding to a first molded part by combining the second member with the first member, and wherein the improvement to the mold includes a third member configured to form a second cavity corresponding to a second molded product by combining the third member with the first member.
Claims20
An injection molding system comprising:
- an injection molding machine configured to perform an injection molding with a mold, wherein the injection molding machine includes an injection nozzle;
- and
- a conveying machine configured to convey the mold on a first axis,
- wherein the mold includes:
- a first member;
- a second member configured to form a first cavity corresponding to a first molded part by combining the second member with the first member;
- and
- a third member configured to form a second cavity corresponding to a second molded part by combining the third member with the first member,
- wherein the conveying machine includes a frame, wherein a first portion of the frame is positioned on a first side of the injection molding machine, and wherein a second portion of the frame is positioned on a second side of the injection molding machine that is opposite to the first side, such that the injection molding machine is positioned between the first portion and the second portion of the frame of the conveying machine,
- wherein, when the second member is positioned at a molding operation position, the first member is positioned between the second member and the injection nozzle,
- wherein, when the third member is positioned at the molding operation position, the first member is positioned between the third member and the injection nozzle,
- wherein the injection molding machine is configured to move the second member and the third member on a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis,
- wherein the conveying machine is configured to convey the mold so that when one of the second member and the third member is positioned at the molding operation position for injecting resin into a corresponding cavity, the other of the second member and the third member is positioned at a respective cooling position for cooling resin injected into a corresponding cavity,
- wherein when the second member is positioned at the respective cooling position of the second member, the second member is vertically supported by both a frame of the injection molding machine and the first portion of the frame of the conveying machine such that, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to both the first axis and the second axis, the second member overlaps both the frame of the injection molding machine and the first portion of the frame of the conveying machine, and
- wherein when the third member is positioned at the respective cooling position of the third member, the third member is vertically supported by both the frame of the injection molding machine and the second portion of the frame of the conveying machine such that, when viewed in the direction perpendicular to both the first axis and the second axis, the third member overlaps both the frame of the injection molding machine and the second portion of the frame of the conveying machine.
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An injection molding system comprising:
- a mold;
- a conveying machine configured to move the mold on a first axis;
- and
- an injection molding apparatus configured to inject resin into the mold, wherein the injection molding machine includes an injection nozzle,
- wherein the mold includes:
- a first member;
- a second member configured to combine with the first member to form a first cavity corresponding to a first molded part;
- and
- a third member configured to combine with the first member to form a second cavity corresponding to a second molded part,
- wherein the conveying machine includes a frame, wherein a first portion of the frame is positioned on a first side of the injection molding machine, and wherein a second portion of the frame is positioned on a second side of the injection molding machine that is opposite to the first side, such that the injection molding machine is positioned between the first portion and the second portion of the frame of the conveying machine,
- wherein, when the second member is positioned at a molding operation position, the first member is positioned between the second member and the injection nozzle,
- wherein, when the third member is positioned at the molding operation position, the first member is positioned between the third member and the injection nozzle,
- wherein the injection molding machine is configured to move the second member and the third member on a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis,
- wherein the conveying machine is configured to convey the mold between a position at which the second member is positioned at the molding operation position for injecting resin into the first cavity and a position at which the third member is positioned at the molding operation position for injecting resin into the second cavity,
- wherein in the position at which the second member is positioned at the molding operation position, the third member is positioned at a first cooling position where the third member is supported by both a frame of the injection molding machine and the second portion of the frame of the conveying machine such that, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to both the first axis and the second axis, the third member overlaps both the frame of the injection molding machine and the second portion of the frame of the conveying machine, and
- wherein in the position at which the third member is positioned at the molding operation position, the second member is positioned at a second cooling position where the second member is supported by both the frame of the injection molding machine and the first portion of the frame of the conveying machine such that, when viewed in the direction perpendicular to both the first axis and the second axis, the second member overlaps both the frame of the injection molding machine and the first portion of the frame of the conveying machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.