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US 7,313,459 B2Granted
System for overmolding insert
AssigneeHusky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
InventorsJeffrey Douglas MacDonald, Alireza Mortazavi, Robin Alexander Arnott
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system. The system includes a mold-moving assembly that is cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part. The mold-moving assembly is also cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly. The mold-moving assembly, when so actuated, moves inserts between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station. Operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
Claims80
A system, comprising:
- a mold-moving assembly cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
- wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
- wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
A system, comprising:
- a mold half of a set of mold halves cooperative with a mold-moving assembly, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part, and the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
- wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
- wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
A system, comprising:
- an insert-forming station cooperative with a mold-moving assembly to form an insert at least in part, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
- wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
- wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
A system, comprising:
- a mold half of a group of mold halves cooperative with an insert-forming station, the insert-forming station cooperative with a mold-moving assembly to form an insert at least in part, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
- wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
- wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
A system, comprising:
- an overmolding station cooperative with a mold-moving assembly, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with the overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
- wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
- wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
A system, comprising:
- a mold half of a collection of mold halves cooperative with an overmolding station, the overmolding station cooperative with a mold-moving assembly, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with the overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
- wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
- wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
A method, comprising:
- configuring a mold-moving assembly to:
- cooperate with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part,
- cooperate with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly, and
- move inserts between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station;
- and
- configuring operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station to overlap one another at least in part.
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An article of manufacture for directing a data processing system to control a system operatively connectable to the data processing system, the article of manufacture comprising:
- a data processing system usable medium embodying one or more instructions executable by the data processing system, the one or more instructions including:
- instructions for directing the data processing system to direct a mold-moving assembly to:
- cooperate with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part,
- cooperate with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly, and
- move inserts between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station;
- and
- instructions for directing the data processing system to direct operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station to overlap one another at least in part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.