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US 2021/0276294 A1Published application
Footwear mold system for injection-molding
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsHossein Allen Baghdadi, Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Floyd Whitney Miles, Joseph Thomas Muth, Bradley C. Tutmark
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Abstract
Tooling and components of an injection-molding system may be used to mold a foam article. The tooling and components may include features that control parameters of the injection-molding and foaming process, such as temperature, pressure, shot size, shot placement, and the like.
Claims20
A mold system for injection molding an article of footwear, the mold system comprising:
- a universal runner plate comprising a quantity of runner outlets;
- a first mold assembly comprising a first mold plate that interfaces with the universal runner plate and that comprises a first quantity of runner inlets and a first quantity of runners, wherein each runner of the first quantity of runners is fluidly connected to a runner inlet included in the first quantity of runner inlets;
- and wherein each runner inlet of the first quantity of runner inlets aligns with a runner outlet of the quantity of runner outlets;
- and a second mold assembly comprising at least a second mold plate that interfaces with the universal runner plate and that comprises a second quantity of runner inlets and a second quantity runners, wherein each runner of the second quantity of runners is fluidly connected to a runner inlet included in the second quantity of runner inlets;
- wherein each runner inlet of the second quantity of runner inlets aligns with a runner outlet of the quantity of runner outlets;
- wherein the first quantity of runner inlets and the second quantity of runner inlets include a same arrangement;
- and wherein the runners in the second quantity of runners include a different set of properties than the runners in the first quantity of runners.
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A mold system for injection molding at least a portion of a footwear sole, the mold assembly comprising:
- a mold comprising a mold cavity comprising a 3D shape of at least a portion of a footwear sole, the mold comprising a first mold cavity wall opposing a second mold cavity wall, the mold cavity being at least partially enclosed between the first mold cavity wall and the second mold cavity wall;
- at least one gate outlet positioned along the second mold cavity wall and spaced apart from the first mold cavity wall;
- a fluid channel extending through the mold and in fluid communication with a vent in fluid communication with the mold cavity;
- and a mold temperature conditioner affecting a condition of the mold to include a temperature in a range of about 15 degrees Celsius to about 90 degrees Celsius.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.