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US 7,241,405 B1Granted
Method of renewing a mold block
AssigneeCrain Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsStephen B. Crain, Christopher T. Moore
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Abstract
A mold kit and mold which provides for renewal of damaged or worn molds. The mold kit employs spacers to make up for subtractive reconditioning of the mold. A method for renewing the mold is also disclosed.
Claims12
A first method of renewing a mold block used for forming objects after the mold block becomes worn, the method comprising:
- removing the mold block from a machine in which the forming of objects occurs;
- cutting away material from a surface of the mold block used for forming objects to a depth selected from a previously established cut depth regimen including at least one established cut depth to reform features on the surface used to form the objects;
- repositioning the mold block in the machine with a spacer having a thickness so as to position the reformed surface of the mold block in the same position in the machine as occupied by the mold block surface prior to said step of cutting away material from the mold block surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.