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US 5,527,173 AGranted
Apparatus for producing plastic articles with inserts
AssigneeHusky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
InventorsWilliam E. Miller, Thomas M. McGinley
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a molding apparatus having a first mold half with a core portion and a second mold half with a cavity portion wherein the core portion moves relative to the cavity portion between mold open and mold closed positions. The molding apparatus further includes a carrier plate for receiving molded articles and holding inserts to be incorporated into the molded article. The present invention also relates to transferring the inserts to the mold cores prior to molding.
Claims18
A machine for molding a plastic article which includes an insert, said machine comprising:
- a first mold half having a mold core portion and a second mold half having a mold cavity portion, said first and second mold halfs being movable between an open position and a closed position wherein said mold core and cavity portions define a space in the shape of the article to be molded;
- a carrier plate movable between an outboard position and inboard positions where said carrier plate is positioned between said mold halfs;
- said carrier plate having a first surface which faces said mold core portion when said carrier plate is in said inboard positions;
- means for receiving a molded article from said mold core portion when said carrier plate is in a first one of said inboard positions, said receiving means being attached to and protruding from said first surface;
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- means for carrying an insert to be placed about said mold core portion and into said space while said mold halfs are in said open position and said carrier plate is in a second one of said inboard positions, said insert carrying means being mounted to said first surface;
- whereby said carrier plate is loaded and unloaded from said first surface.
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