Injection molding system with conveyor devices to insert or eject molds
AssigneesCanon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.
InventorsYuichi Yanahara, Koki Kodaira, Yohei Minatoya, Junko Tajima
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Abstract
An injection molding system includes an injection molding apparatus configured to perform injection molding with a mold, a conveyor apparatus configured to move the mold along a supporting plane; and a cable carrier configured to cover a cable connected to the mold, wherein a shape of the cable carrier changes for guiding the cable based on a movement of the mold by the conveyor apparatus, and wherein at least one of a first end of the cable carrier or a second end of the cable carrier are located below the supporting plane in a direction perpendicular to the supporting plane.
Claims20
An injection molding system comprising:
- an injection molding apparatus configured to perform injection molding with at least one mold, the injection molding system including a cable carrier and a connector;
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- a conveyor apparatus configured to move the at least one mold along a supporting plane in a predetermined direction, wherein:
- the cable carrier is configured to cover a first cable connected to the at least one mold,
- a shape of the cable carrier changes for guiding the first cable based on a movement of the at least one mold by the conveyor apparatus,
- at least one of a first end of the cable carrier or a second end of the cable carrier are located below the supporting plane in a vertical direction perpendicular to the supporting plane,
- the connector is configured to connect the first cable and a second cable, the connector being provided at a bottom portion of the conveyor apparatus, the bottom portion being below the supporting plane in the vertical direction, and
- the first cable covered with the cable carrier is configured to extend inside the bottom portion of the conveyor apparatus, and is guided in the predetermined direction with the first cable being connected to the connector.
A conveyor apparatus configured to move a mold along a supporting plane in a predetermined direction, wherein the conveyor apparatus is operably coupled to an injection molding apparatus configured to perform injection molding with the mold moved by the conveyor apparatus, the conveyor apparatus comprising:
- a cable carrier configured to cover a first cable connected to the mold;
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- a connector configured to connect the first cable and a second cable, the connector being provided at a bottom portion of the conveyor apparatus, the bottom portion being below the supporting plane in a vertical direction perpendicular to the supporting plane, wherein:
- a shape of the cable carrier changes for guiding the first cable based on a mold movement by the conveyor apparatus,
- at least one of a first end of the cable carrier or a second end of the cable carrier are located below the supporting plane in the vertical direction, and
- the first cable covered with the cable carrier is configured to extend inside the bottom portion of the conveyor apparatus, and is guided in the predetermined direction with the first cable being connected to the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.