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US 2009/0214693 A1Published application
Internally heated nozzle adapter
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorChristopher D. Holliday
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Abstract
A nozzle adapter for an injection molding machine includes a body and one or more retainers mountable to an outer surface of the body. When the body and a retainer are assembled together they cooperate to define a cavity adapted to contain a cartridge heater between the body and the retainer. Access to allow replacement of the cartridge heater can be gained by removing the retainer from the body without removing the entire nozzle adapter from the injection molding machine.
Claims7
A nozzle adapter for an injection molding machine comprising:
- a body;
- a retainer mountable to an outer surface of the body;
- and
- a fastener for attaching the retainer to the body;
- said body and retainer together defining a cavity adapted to contain a cartridge heater,
- said cavity positioned between said body and said retainer;
- wherein said body has a longitudinal axis, said body further defining a melt passage disposed axially along said longitudinal axis.
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