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US 4,812,116 AGranted
Mold for making an aseptic vial and cap
OwnerRobert S. Abramsinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to apparatus form making a vial and cap. A mold for forming the vial and cap and means for seating the cap on the vial prior to ejecting the vial from the mold is provided and includes a frame for the mold, a first mold half arranged on the frame, and a second mold half movably arranged relative to the first mold half so as to form a mold cavity therebetween. The mold produces a vial and cap including smooth radii provided at several locations to facilitate the seating of the cap on the vial.
Claims19
A mold for forming a vial and cap, comprising:
- a frame for the mold;
- a second mold part arranged on said frame;
- a first mold part arranged adjacent said second mold part so as to define a first cavity for forming a vial and a second cavity for forming a cap therebetween, said first mold part being movable relative to said second mold part;
- means mounted on the second mold part for seating said cap on said vial while the vial is within the second mold part;
- means on the mold for providing a molded vial and cap with interlocking annular regions, said regions including rounded transition surfaces for accommodating each other.
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An injection molding apparatus for forming a vial with a cap, comprising:
- a first mold part having an end mold part and an interior mold part;
- a second mold part;
- means for retaining the first mold part against the second mold part so as to define vial and cap forming cavities between the end mold part and the interior mold part on one side and the second mold part on the other side, with said interior mold part and said second mold part being in direct contact with each other;
- means on said first and second mold parts for providing a molded vial and cap with interlocking annular regions, said regions including rounded transition surfaces for accommodating each other;
- means for injecting a molten material into the mold cavity so as to form the cap and vial between the interior mold part and the second mold part and between the end mold part and the interior and second mold parts;
- means for retracting the end mold part from the cap and vial and the interior mold part while pressing the interior mold part against the second mold part so as to retain the cap and vial within the second mold part while holding a portion of the cap and vial between the second mold part and the interior mold part while the second mold part is in direct contact with the interior mold part;
- means for retracting the interior mold part away from the second mold part and the cap and vial;
- means for pivoting a pivoting mold part so as to move the cap with respect to the vial so as to guide, by means of the rounded transition surfaces, the interlocking annular regions of the cap onto the corresponding interlocking annular regions of the vial while maintaining the interior of the vial in an aseptic condition and while the end and interior parts of the mold are separated from the second part of the mold;
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- means for ejecting the vial from the mold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.