Electrical connection method for mold components and a plastic injection molding press
OwnerGlenn Starkeyinventor
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Abstract
There is provided a new and improved method for connecting electrical components in a mold with a molding press. The method includes the steps of connecting electrical leads to coded electrical connectors secured to the mold; connecting electrical connectors to detachable electrical cables; and extending and detachably connecting electrical cables to coded connectors of a junction panel or box. The electrical connectors at the mold may be color-coded and/or shape-coded as to pins or keys on the connectors; and likewise, the cables and the electrical connectors at the junction box may also be similarly color-coded and/or shape-coded.
Claims4
A method of providing electrical connections between a molding press having a mold and a controller for operating the press;
- said method comprising the steps of:
- providing the mold with a plurality of recessed cavities in an outer wall of the mold of a predetermined size and shape;
- providing mold connectors having mold bodies which shaped and sized to it into the respective recessed cavities to provide standardized mold connectors for specific mold functions;
- providing electrical receptacles having contacts in the respective mold connectors with the mold connectors being coded to a specific function;
- providing a junction box with junction box connectors similarly coded as the mold connectors for the same respective functions;
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- connecting detachable coded cables having coded plugs at each end thereof, each for plugging into a similarly coded mold connector and a junction box connector.
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