US 12,479,138 B2 · Mold, method of producing product, method of producing image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

Abstract

A mold includes a rotatable portion, a frame portion, a first and second portion, and a production unit. The rotatable portion has a plurality of surfaces and a plurality of forming portions. The plurality of surfaces is each provided with one of the plurality of forming portions, each having the same shape. The frame portion rotatably supports the rotatable portion. The first portion defines a cavity by coming into contact with one surface of the plurality of surfaces by clamping the mold. The second portion comes into contact with another surface of the plurality of surfaces different from the one surface by clamping the mold. The production unit attached to the frame portion.

Claims23

Dependent claims

A production apparatus comprising:

a first mold including a first forming portion for forming a first member and a second forming portion for forming a second member, the first and second forming portions being arranged side by side, the first forming portion and/or the second forming portion being provided to be movable;
a second mold;
a drive portion configured to move the first mold or the second mold so that the first forming portion and the second forming portion of the first mold are in contact with the second mold;
and
a movement portion configured to rotate and/or move the first forming portion and/or the second forming portion to contact each other in a state in which the first forming portion holds the first member and the second forming portion holds the second member so that the first member and the second member are in contact with each other.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/345,181Filed 30 Jun 2023 · continuation

Priority

JP 2017-12259822 Jun 2017

Published

US 2023/0347559 A12 Nov 2023

Granted

25 Nov 2025

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B29C 45/0441
Using movable moulds or mould halves: involving a rotational movement
B29C 45/006
Combined with a final operation, e.g. shaping: joining parts moulded in separate cavities
B29C 45/045
Involving a rotational movement: mounted on the circumference of a rotating support having a rotating axis perpendicular to the mould opening,…
B29C 45/162
The materials being injected at different moulding stations: using means, e.g. mould parts, for transferring an injected part between moulding…

Mold, method of producing product, method of producing image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

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Mold, method of producing product, method of producing image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

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Claims23