Main guide rail with internal track
AssigneeLego A/S
InventorJens Stamp Lambæk
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Abstract
A mold box for an injection molding machine, the mold box having a first mold plate, a second mold plate movably arranged relative to the first mold plate along a longitudinal axis, and a main guide rail system configured for guiding at least the second mold plate linearly away from and rectangular cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The main guide rail pillar extends through a third opening through a bearing arranged between the main guide rail pillar and the second mold plate. A guide track is formed as an elongate indention in a sidewall of the main guide rail pillar and has a first internal guide surface. A protruding bearing element extends from the third opening in the bearing and into the guide track.
Claims10
A mold box for an injection molding machine, the mold box comprising:
- a first mold plate;
- a second mold plate movably arranged relative to the first mold plate along a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a main guide rail system configured for guiding at least the second mold plate linearly away from and towards the first mold plate,
- wherein the main guide rail system comprises a main guide rail pillar, having a rectangular cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis,
- wherein the main guide rail pillar extends through a third opening through a bearing arranged between the main guide rail pillar and the second mold plate;
- wherein a guide track is formed as an elongate indention in a sidewall of the main guide rail pillar and comprising a first internal guide surface;
- and
- wherein a protruding bearing element extends from the third opening in the bearing and into the guide track, and forming a bearing contact against the first guide surface of the guide track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.