Injection molding machine with a protective cover

Injection molding machine for the processing of plastics materials and other plasticizable substances comprising:

• an injection mold assembly, accommodated between mold carriers in a mold clamping area,
• an injection molding unit for injecting the plasticizable substances into a central mold cavity of the injection mold assembly along an axis of injection,
• a plasticizing cylinder accommodated in the injection molding unit,
• an injection nozzle at an end of the plasticizing cylinder facing the injection mold assembly, said nozzle is adjacent an injection opening in the injection mold assembly during an injection process,
• a protective cover for covering the injection nozzle in a protective position during the injection process, said cover can be transferred from and into the protective position guided in an axial manner substantially parallel to the axis of injection,
• wherein the protective cover has a lower section, on which an upper section is mounted so as to be pivotable around a pivotal axis which is disposed substantially parallel relative to the axis of injection, and the lower section and the upper section are transferable together from and into the protective position.