Molding apparatus
AssigneeAmerican Can Company
InventorsFrank J. Herdzina, Jr., John J. Lasch
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Abstract
An injection molding apparatus for forming a molded sealing ring along a peripheral region of a disk-shaped closure insert for a container. Each cavity of a plural cavity injection mold is formed to receive a disk-shaped insert to which a sealing ring is to be molded. Detection means is provided to sense the number of inserts missing from the mold, and a spring loaded pin is operative automatically to close the corresponding gate for each cavity from which an insert is missing. The detection means is operable to signal a molding compound supply means to inject into the mold only that volume of compound required for a cavity or cavities in which an insert or inserts are present.
Claims15
Injection molding apparatus for applying molding compound to an insert positioned in a mold cavity comprising:
- mold means including a plurality of mold cavities each having a gate through which molding compound is introduced thereto, each said cavity being shaped and disposed to receive an insert over which molding compound is to be formed upon its introduction into said cavity;
- means operable by an insert in a cavity to determine the absence of an insert from a cavity and accommodate introduction of said molding compound solely into a cavity within which an insert is disposed;
- means operable to determine the number of cavities within which inserts are disposed;
- and means operable to introduce molding compound to said mold means in an amount equal to the quantity required for the determined number of said cavities within which inserts are disposed.
In injection molding apparatus of the type in which molding compound is introduced through gates to cavities of a plural cavity mold for formation over an insert disposed in each said cavity, the combination of:
- means operative to determine the absence of an insert from a cavity, means operative in the absence of an insert from a cavity to block flow of molding compound into each cavity from which an insert is absent;
- control means operative to determine the quantity of inserts present in the cavities;
- and means operative, in accordance with determination by said control means, to provide for injection into said plural cavity mold only that amount of molding compound required for a cavity in each of which there is an insert present.
In injection molding apparatus of the type in which molding compound is introduced through gates to cavities of a plural cavity mold for formation on an insert disposed in each said cavity, the combination of:
- means operative to determine the absence of an insert from a cavity,
- means operative to the absence of an insert from a cavity to block flow of molding compound through the corresponding gate for the cavity from which an insert is absent;
- control means operative to determine the quantity of inserts present in the cavities;
- means operative, in accordance with determination by said control means, to provide for supply to said plural cavity mold only that amount of molding compound required for the quantity of mold cavities of mold within which inserts are present, said last recited means comprising plunger means for effecting flow of molding compound to each said cavity upon operation through its stroke;
- and variable stop means for said plunger means operative to establish a predetermined stroke thereof in provision for injection of molding compound corresponding to the quantity of mold cavities within which inserts are present.
In injection molding apparatus of the type including a plurality of mold cavities each having a gate through which molding compound may be introduced to a corresponding cavity, each said cavity being shaped and disposed to receive an insert on which molding compound is formed upon its introduction into said cavity, and means for supplying molding compound for introduction through said gates into said cavities, the combination of:
- means operative to determine the absence of an insert from a cavity, means operative in the absence of a recited insert from a recited cavity to prevent introduction of molding compound from said means for supplying through a corresponding one of said gates to said cavity;
- and control means for effecting operation of said means for supplying molding compound to introduce molding compound through open ones of said gates into corresponding ones of said mold cavities, said molding compound being introduced in a quantity predetermined by said control means and corresponding to the amount required for cavities which have received inserts.
In injection molding apparatus of the type including a plurality of mold cavities each having a gate through which molding compound may be introduced thereto, each said cavity being shaped and disposed to receive an insert on which molding compound is formed upon its introduction into said cavity, and means for supplying molding compound for introduction through said gates into said cavities, the combination of:
- means operative to determine the absence of an insert from a cavity,
- means operative in the absence of a recited insert from a recited cavity to prevent introduction of molding compound from said means for supplying through said gate to said cavity;
- and control means for effecting operation of said means for supplying molding compound to introduce molding compound through open ones of said gates into corresponding ones of said mold cavities, said molding compound being introduced in a quantity predetermined by said control means and corresponding to the amount required for cavities which have received inserts, and characterized in that said means for supplying molding compound comprises means selectively operative to supply incremental quantities of molding compound, each such quantity corresponding to a different total amount according to the number of mold cavities in which said inserts are present, said control means being operative to determine said incremental quantity of molding compound to be supplied.
In injection molding apparatus of the type including a plurality of mold cavities each having a gate through which molding compound may be introduced thereto, each said cavity being shaped and disposed to receive an insert on which molding compound is formed upon its introduction into said cavity, and means for supplying molding compound for introduction through said gates into said cavities, the combination of:
- means operative to determine the absence of an insert from a cavity,
- means operative in the absence of a recited insert from a recited cavity to prevent introduction of molding compound from said means for supplying through a corresponding one of said gates to said cavity;
- and control means for effecting operation of said means for supplying molding compound to introduce molding compound through open ones of said gates into corresponding ones of said mold cavities, said molding compound being introduced in a quantity predetermined by said control means and corresponding to the amount required for cavities which have received inserts, and characterized in that said means for supplying molding compound comprises plunger means for effecting flow of molding compound to said cavities upon operation thereof through its stroke, and variable stop means for said plunger means operative to establish a predetermined stroke thereof in provision of flow of a quantity of molding compound corresponding to the amount required for mold cavities within which inserts are present.
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