Device for injection molding
AssigneeAuray Plast
InventorJean-Baptiste Crouan
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a device for the injection molding of an item including at least one face, a protruding peripheral part provided with an edge for the connection with another face, said device including mold elements movable with respect to each other and jointly cooperating by delimiting therebetween joint planes as well as a cavity intended to be filled with liquid plastic material through injection channels to form said item after the ejection from the mold, characterized in that it includes a mold element to form the protruding part of the item, whose joint plane with the immediately adjacent front mold element is angularly oriented from said edge and on at least a portion of the length thereof, according to the direction of ejection.
Claims18
An injection molding device for manufacturing an article including at least on a first side face, a first protruding part having a first edge for connecting the first side face with a front face, the injection molding device comprising:
- a first side mold section adapted for forming the entire first side face of the article and at least a first portion of a rear face of the article;
- a front mold section adapted for forming at least a portion of the front face of the article adjoining the first edge, and moveable with respect to the first side mold section in a direction of ejection, wherein the first side mold section and the front mold section define therebetween a first joint plane adapted to be angularly oriented from the first edge of the article on at least a portion of the length thereof, with respect to the direction of ejection;
- a second side mold section adapted for forming an entire second side face of the article opposite the first side face and a remaining portion of the rear face of the article, the second side mold section moveable with respect to the first side mold section and the front mold section in the direction of ejection, wherein
- the second side face of the article includes a second protruding part having a second edge for connecting the second side face with the front face of the article, and
- the second side mold section and the front mold section define therebetween a second joint plane adapted to be angularly oriented from the second edge of the article on at least a portion of the length thereof, with respect to the direction of ejection.
An injection molding device comprising:
- a first side mold section forming an entire first side face of an article including a first protruding part having a first edge for connecting the first side face with a front face, and at least a first portion of a rear face of the article;
- a front mold section forming at least a portion of the front face of the article adjoining a first edge, and moving with respect to the first side mold section in a direction of ejection, the first side mold section and the front mold section defining therebetween a first joint plane angularly oriented from the first edge of the article on at least a portion of a length thereof, with respect to the direction of ejection;
- a second side mold section forming an entire second side face of the article opposite the first side face and a remaining portion of the rear face of the article, the second side mold section moving with respect to the first side mold section and the front mold section in the direction of ejection;
- the second side face of the article including a second protruding part having a second edge connecting the second side face with the front face of the article;
- the second side mold section and the front mold section defining therebetween a second joint plane angularly oriented from the second edge of the article on at least a portion of the length thereof, with respect to the direction of ejection;
- an actuator selectively advancing and retracting the second side mold section with respect to the first side mold section in the direction of ejection;
- ejector plates located adjacent the actuator and moving transverse to the direction of ejection;
- the article being a flexible annular seal defining an axis;
- the first side mold section circumscribing the second side mold section and together, the first side mold section, the front mold section, and the second side mold section defining a cavity that receives a liquid plastic material through injection channels to form the article, and having rotational symmetry about the axis;
- the second side mold section releasably retaining the article when separated from the first side mold section and the front mold section during ejection;
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- the ejector plates engaging the first portion of the rear face of the article as the actuator retracts the second side mold section towards the first side mold section during ejection, and dislodging the article from the second side mold section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.