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US 9,272,454 B2Granted
Side gate nozzle assembly
AssigneeHusky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
InventorsSarah Kathleen Overfield, George Leigh Stuart
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Abstract
Disclosed is a side gate nozzle assembly (108) having a nozzle body (210) and at least one side gate nozzle tip assembly (112) wherein the nozzle body (210) and the at least one side gate nozzle tip assembly (112) are slidably engaged to each other.
Claims15
A side gate nozzle assembly, comprising:
- a nozzle body having an outer side wall defining a melt channel extending lengthwise in the direction of fluid flow through the nozzle body, said side wall having at least one feed orifice therein for passing melt from the melt channel;
- and
- at least one side gate nozzle tip assembly, fed by the feed orifice, and retained in a cavity member but not fixed to the nozzle body.
A side gate nozzle assembly, comprising:
- a nozzle body having an outer side wall having at least one feed orifice therein for passing melt from the nozzle body;
- and
- at least one side gate nozzle tip assembly wherein the outer side wall of the nozzle body and the at least one side gate nozzle tip assembly are slidably engaged to each other at the feed orifice.
A side gate nozzle assembly, comprising:
- a nozzle body;
- at least one side gate nozzle tip assembly including at least one spring for biasing the at least one side gate nozzle tip assembly into a slidable engagement with and towards an outer side wall of the nozzle body to receive melt from an orifice in the outer side wall.
A side gate nozzle assembly, comprising:
- a nozzle body;
- a retainer for engaging with a cavity member;
- a side gate nozzle tip assembly slidably engaging with an outer side wall of the nozzle body to receive melt from an orifice in the outer side wall;
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- a compliant member disposed between the retainer and the side gate nozzle tip assembly for biasing the side gate nozzle tip assembly towards the outer side wall of the nozzle body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.