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US 5,046,942 AGranted
Injection molding nozzle having tapered heating element adjacent the bore
OwnerJobst U. Gellertinventor
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An injection molding thermal gated nozzle having a nose portion which extends forwardly to the cavity. The nozzle has a melt channel which extends through the nose portion to form the gate. An integral electric heating element has a forward portion with a generally rectangular cross section and a number of adjacent coils which form an inwardly tapered inner surface. Part of the inner surface of the forward portion of the heating element forms an inwardly tapered portion of the melt channel adjacent the gate. This direct contact of the heating element with the melt reduces considerably the cycle time of the thermal gate. The forward portion of the heating element is shaped by compressing it between tapered dies. It is then mounted between forward and rearward portions of the nozzle, and the assembly is integrally brazed together in a vacuum furnace.
In an elongated injection molding nozzle with a rear end and a forward end, formed by a forwardly extending central nose portion, the nozzle having a melt channel extending through the nose portion of the nozzle to form a gate adjacent the forward end, the nozzle having an integral electrically insulated heating element, the heating element having a rear portion extending to a terminal and a central portion extending helically around the melt channel, the improvement wherein;
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