发明名称 |
Stack mold support structure for an injection molding machine |
摘要 |
An injection molding machine includes a base, a stationary platen fixed to the base for holding a first mold section, and a moving platen for holding a second mold section. The moving platen is slidably supported on a platen slide surface fixed to the base and moveable along a machine axis between a mold closed position, in which the moving platen is drawn towards the stationary platen, and a maximum daylight position, in which the moveable platen is spaced axially apart from the stationary platen by a platen opening. The machine further includes a carriage support structure slidably supporting a stack mold carriage for holding a mold center section. The stack mold carriage is translatable parallel to the machine axis between a carriage advanced position and a carriage retracted position spaced axially apart from the carriage advanced position by a carriage stroke length. The carriage support structure includes a pair of beams removably fixed relative to the base, the beams extending parallel to the machine axis and spaced apart from each other by a lateral spacing, each beam having a beam length that is less than the platen opening and greater than the carriage stroke length. |
申请公布号 |
US9339957(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.05.17 |
申请号 |
US201414272459 |
申请日期 |
2014.05.07 |
申请人 |
ATHENA AUTOMATION LTD. |
发明人 |
Schad Robert D.;Link Carsten;Kumar Hemant |
分类号 |
B29C45/12;B29C45/17;B29C45/32 |
主分类号 |
B29C45/12 |
代理机构 |
Bereskin & Parr LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. |
代理人 |
Bereskin & Parr LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. |
主权项 |
1. An injection molding machine, comprising:
a) a base; b) a stationary platen fixed to the base for holding a first mold section; c) a moving platen for holding a second mold section, the moving platen slidably supported on a platen slide surface fixed to the base and moveable along a machine axis between a mold closed position, in which the moving platen is drawn towards the stationary platen, and a maximum daylight position, in which the moveable platen is spaced axially apart from the stationary platen by a platen opening; and d) a carriage support structure slidably supporting a stack mold carriage for holding a mold center section, the carriage support structure spaced apart from the platen slide surface, the stack mold carriage translatable parallel to the machine axis between a carriage advanced position and a carriage retracted position spaced axially apart from the carriage advanced position; and e) a fluid manifold with at least one inlet port connectable by a flexible inlet conduit to a source of fluid fixed relative to the base, and at least one delivery port, the manifold releasably mountable in a deployed position having the manifold releasably secured to the carriage by a carriage-manifold mounting structure wherein fluid communication between the inlet port and the mold center section is provided via a delivery conduit attached to the delivery port, and a stowed position having the manifold releasably secured to the base of the machine by a machine base-manifold mounting structure wherein the flexible inlet conduit remains connected to the at least one inlet port, and the delivery port is in fluid isolation from the mold center section. |
地址 |
Vaughan CA |