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US 7,300,270 B2Granted
Apparatus for injection molding
AssigneeD-M-E Company
InventorJoseph Buttigieg
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AssigneeD-M-E Company
InventorJoseph Buttigieg
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A cover for an opening of an ejector housing of a mold assembly comprises a cover portion and a mounting portion, the mounting portion is attached to a member defining the ejector housing at a side thereof comprising an interior wall of the ejector housing and the cover portion covering the opening defined by the ends of the members surrounding the ejector housing. The cover is attached to a side of the member by at least one fastener located so as not to be accessible for removing the housing cover as the mold assembly is mounted in a machine. A mold assembly comprises a cover in accordance with the invention. The cover advantageously comprising at least one opening therethrough to permit guarded examination of components of an ejector device within the ejector housing and viewable from the end of the ejector housing at which the cover is attached.
A cover for an opening of an ejector housing of a mold assembly, the ejector housing comprising members of the mold assembly surrounding ejector devices and being open on at least one side, the ends of the members defining the periphery of the openings of the ejector housing, the cover comprising a cover portion and a mounting portion for attachment to a member of the mold assembly comprising a side of the ejector housing, the mounting portion being attached to the member on a side thereof comprising an interior wall of the ejector housing by at least one fastener passing through the member and engaging the mounting portion, the fastener located so as not to be accessible with the mold assembly mounted in the clamp unit of a machine and the cover portion covering an opening of the ejector housing defined by the ends of the members surrounding the ejector housing.
A mold assembly comprising members defining an ejector housing surrounding ejector devices, the housing being open on at least one side, the ends of the members defining the periphery of the openings of the ejector housing, a cover comprising a cover portion and a mounting portion for attachment to a member of the mold assembly comprising a side of the ejector housing, the mounting portion being attached to the member on a side thereof comprising an interior wall of the ejector housing by at least one fastener passing through the member and engaging the mounting portion, the fastener located so as not to be accessible with the mold assembly mounted in the clamp unit of a machine and the cover portion covering an opening of the ejector housing.
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