Injection molding apparatus and cap member
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsRiona HAYASHI, Kenta ANEGAWA, Kakeru SASAGAWA, Hiroki TAKANO
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Abstract
An injection molding apparatus including a fixed die including a gate via which a molding material flows in, a movable die that forms along with the fixed die a cavity and separates from the fixed die at a point of time of mold opening, an open-gate hot runner that includes a nozzle including a channel that guides the molding material to the gate and a heater that heats the channel, the hot runner being attachable to and detachable from the fixed die, and a cap member that is disposed between the fixed die and the hot runner and has a melting point higher than a melting point of the molding material.
Claims10
An injection molding apparatus comprising:
- a fixed die including a gate via which a molding material flows in;
- a movable die that forms along with the fixed die a cavity and separates from the fixed die at a point of time of mold opening;
- an open-gate hot runner that includes a nozzle including a channel that guides the molding material to the gate and a heater that heats the channel, the hot runner being attachable to and detachable from the fixed die;
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- a cap member that is disposed between the fixed die and the hot runner and has a melting point higher than a melting point of the molding material.
A cap member used in an injection molding apparatus including
- a fixed die including a gate via which a molding material flows in,
- a movable die that forms along with the fixed die a cavity and separates from the fixed die at a point of time of mold opening, and
- an open-gate hot runner that includes a nozzle including a channel that guides the molding material to the gate and a heater that heats the channel, the hot runner being attachable to and detachable from the fixed die,
- wherein the cap member is disposed between the fixed die and the hot runner, and
- the cap member has a melting point higher than a melting point of the molding material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.