Runner turn-off for a mold
AssigneeProgressive Components International Corporation
InventorsGlenn Starkey, Sebastian Jurczak, James Fattori
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Abstract
A runner turn-off for a mold. The runner turn-off includes a bottom ring and a top ring rotatable on the bottom ring. The runner turn-off has a generally cylindrical shape to allow for the rotation, and includes a machining flat on each of two opposing sides of the bottom ring and partially extending into the top ring. A plurality of detents is disposed in one of a bottom surface of the top ring or a top surface of the bottom ring. A spring plunger between the top ring and the bottom ring and configured to fit within each of the plurality of detents when aligned to provide more precise angular positioning.
Claims19
A runner turn-off for a mold, comprising a bottom ring and a top ring rotatable on the bottom ring, the runner turn-off having a generally cylindrical shape with a machining flat on each of two opposing sides of the bottom ring and partially extending into the top ring.
A runner turn-off for a mold, comprising:
- a cylindrical body including a bottom ring and a top ring rotatable on the bottom ring;
- a plurality of detents disposed in one of a bottom surface of the top ring or a top surface of the bottom ring;
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- a spring plunger between the top ring and the bottom ring and configured to
- fit within each of the plurality of detents when aligned;
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- a pair of parallel machining flats on opposing sides of the cylindrical body, each of the machining flats extending across the bottom ring and partially across the top ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.