Slide clip
OwnerJohn B. Williams, Roy E. Kirbyinventors
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Abstract
An improved, one-piece slide clip suitable for molds having at least one cam-actuated slide for pulling a core element outward and inward from the parting line of the mold as the mold is opened and closed, the said slide clip being wholly enclosed within the mold and non-restrictive of the normal and required movements of the mold remains inoperable until such time the slide moving along the cam outwardly is gripped by the jaws of the clip upon the removal of the cam from the slide, during the opening operation, holding the slide in a cam-aligned position, releasing the slide only upon the re-engagement of the cam pin into the slide during the closure of the mold, thereby allowing the slide to return to the molding position in the fully closed mold.
Claims5
In a mold having at least two mating mold members defining a mold cavity therebetween and having at least one cam-actuated slide for moving a core element laterally outwardly and inwardly of said mold cavity during opening and closing of the mold, the improvement comprising a slide clip, free from internal moving parts within one of the mold members, said clip defining means to grip, retain and release said cam-actuated slide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.