US 5,350,291 AGranted

Mold opening and closing apparatus for electric injection molding machine

AssigneeSumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.

InventorMasaya Kitajima

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Abstract

A mold opening and closing apparatus for an electric injection molding machine which performs mold opening and closing actions by a toggle link mechanism having a first arm rotatably supported by a toggle support, a second arm pivotally joined to the first arm and to a movable platen, and an electric drive device for rotating the first arm. The apparatus includes a coil spring for urging the first arm toward a mold opening position of the first arm. The moment caused by the weight of the first and second arms in their mold clamping positions can be canceled by the virtue of the coil spring, thereby enabling the machine to exhibit improved performance of low-pressure mold clamping force.

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Dependent claims

A mold opening and closing apparatus for an electric injection molding machine, comprising:

a toggle support;
tie bars connecting a stationary platen with said toggle support;
a movable platen supported in such a manner as to be slidable on said tie bars;
and
a toggle link mechanism disposed between said toggle support and said movable platen for advancing and retracting said movable platen with respect to said stationary platen to a mold clamping position and a mold opening position, respectively, of said movable platen, said toggle link mechanism comprising a first arm rotatably supported by said toggle support, a second arm having a first end pivotally joined to the distal end of said first arm and a second end pivotally joined to said movable platen, and an electric drive device for rotating said first arm,
said apparatus further comprising a spring device for urging said first arm toward a position at which said movable platen is retracted to said mold opening position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.