Mold
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsNoriko Eiha, Seiichi Watanabe, Yasuhito Hiraki
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Abstract
A mold for molding a product in a cavity formed by closing the mold is provided. The mold includes a first half; a second half; and a plurality of aligning members which contact respective outer circumferential surfaces of a first die of the first half and a second die of the second half, at least in three directions, when the mold is closed. At least one of the aligning members is moved toward the outer circumferential surfaces of the first die and the second die, and then each of the aligning members sandwiches the first die and the second die, which enables a center axis alignment between the first die and the second die.
Claims6
A mold dividable into a first half and a second half for molding a product in a cavity formed by closing the mold, comprising:
- a first half 100 comprising a first die 110 to be inserted therein to;
- and a second half 200 comprising a second die 210 to be inserted therein to, the first die and the second die joined together to form a surface of the cavity;
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- a plurality of aligning members contacting respective side circumferential surfaces of the first die and the second die at least in three directions, when the mold is closed,
- wherein, at least one of the plurality of aligning members is moved toward the respective side circumferential surfaces of the first die and the second die to contact the aligning members with the respective side circumferential surfaces of the first die and the second die, to allow the aligning members to sandwich the first die and the second die, to enable a center axis alignment between the first die and the second die.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.