Injection molding die

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10011059-B2
Application number	US-201415023467-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2014
Priority date	Sep 24, 2013
Publication date	Jul 3, 2018
Grant date	Jul 3, 2018

Abstract

A movable mold includes a movable mold main body and a gear piece attached to the movable mold main body so as to relatively movable, and having a cavity formation space for forming a cavity. In the gear piece, a piece-side coolant flow path includes an annular flow path surrounding the cavity formation space, a piece-side supply flow path introducing coolant into the annular flow path, and a piece-side discharge flow path introducing the coolant from the annular flow path. The piece-side coolant flow path is connected to a movable mold main body-side supply flow path of the movable mold main body and a movable mold main body-side discharge flow path of the movable mold main body and the coolant flows therein under negative pressure generated by a coolant circulation device, so the inside of the cavity can be cooled effectively.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An injection molding die comprising a fixed mold and a movable mold capable of performing mold clamping and mold opening with respect to the fixed mold, wherein:
the movable mold includes a movable mold main body and a molded article piece attached to the movable mold main body so as to be relatively movable, the molded article piece having a cavity formation space for forming a cavity,
the molded article piece includes a cavity cooling flow path formed along the cavity formation space, a piece-side supply flow path introducing coolant into the cavity cooling flow path, and a piece-side discharge flow path introducing the coolant from the cavity cooling flow path,
the movable mold main body includes a movable mold main body-side supply flow path connected to the piece-side supply flow path and a movable mold main body-side discharge flow path connected to the piece-side discharge flow path during mold clamping and until movement of the molded article piece during removal of a molded article from the cavity after mold opening,
the movable mold main body-side supply flow path, the piece-side supply flow path, the cavity cooling flow path, the piece-side discharge flow path, and the movable mold main body-side discharge flow path are connected to a coolant circulation device causing the coolant to flow under negative pressure, and
the cavity of the molded article piece is cooled by the coolant in the piece-side supply flow path, the cavity cooling flow path, and the piece-side discharge flow path by bypassing an air layer.

2. The injection molding die according to claim 1 ,
wherein the cavity cooling flow path is an annular flow path surrounding the cavity formation space.

3. The injection molding die according to claim 2 ,
wherein the molded article piece is attached to the movable mold main body so as to be relatively movable and rotates with respect to the movable mold main body during the removal of the molded article from the cavity.

4. The injection molding die according to claim 3 ,
wherein the piece-side supply flow path and the piece-side discharge flow path are constantly connected to the movable mold main body-side supply flow path and the movable mold main body-side discharge flow path, respectively, when the molded article piece does not move with respect to the movable mold main body or even when the molded article piece relatively rotates with respect to the movable mold main body.

5. The injection molding die according to claim 3 ,
wherein a plurality of movable mold main body-side supply flow paths and a plurality of movable mold main body-side discharge flow paths are provided so that, each time the molded article piece rotates by a predetermined angle with respect to the movable mold main body, the movable mold main body-side supply flow path is connected to the piece-side supply flow path and the movable mold main body-side discharge flow path is connected to the piece-side discharge flow path, the movable mold main body-side supply flow path being one of the plurality of movable mold main body-side supply flow paths and the movable mold main body-side discharge flow path being one of the plurality of movable mold main body-side discharge flow paths.

6. The injection molding die according to claim 3 ,
wherein, after the molded article piece rotates with respect to the movable mold main body from an original position, the molded article piece is returned to the original position with respect to the movable mold main body by the original position restoring means during mold clamping of the movable mold and the fixed mold.

7. The injection molding die according to claim 6 ,
wherein the original position restoring means includes a cam surface formed on the molded article piece and a cam surface pressing projection disposed in a part of the fixed mold facing the molded article piece,
the cam surface pressing projection returns the molded article piece to the original position with respect to the movable mold main body by pressing the cam surface during the mold clamping of the movable mold main body and the fixed mold after the molded article piece rotates with respect to the movable mold main body.

8. The injection molding die according to claim 4 ,
wherein, after the molded article piece rotates with respect to the movable mold main body from an original position, the molded article piece is returned to the original position with respect to the movable mold main body by the original position restoring means during mold clamping of the movable mold and the fixed mold.

Assignees

• Enplas Corp

Inventors

• Hashimoto Masaomi

Classifications

• B29C45/64

  Mould opening, closing or clamping devices {(combined with means for plasticising or homogenising B29C45/70)} · CPC title

• B29C45/0025 Primary

  Preventing defects on the moulded article, e.g. weld lines, shrinkage marks (preventing defects on the preformed parts or layers B29C45/14836) · CPC title

• B29C45/7312

  Construction of heating or cooling fluid flow channels · CPC title

• B22C9/065

  Cooling or heating equipment for moulds · CPC title

• B29C45/7207

  of the moulded articles · CPC title