Convey device, molded article manufacturing apparatus, and method of manufacturing molded article

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10179432-B2
Application number	US-201514742551-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2015
Priority date	Dec 19, 2012
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

A convey device, which conveys an insert member into a die, includes a holding device configured to hold the insert member in an attitude in which a major surface of the insert member is in a substantially gravitational direction; a convey mechanism configured to convey the insert member to the die, while the insert member is being held in the attitude by the holding device; and a heating device configured to heat the insert member. The insert member can be heated by the heating device before the insert member is disposed in the die.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A molded article manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a conveyer constructed and arranged to convey an insert member in an attitude in which a major surface of the insert member is in a substantially gravitational direction the insert member being a thermoplastic prepreg;
a heater constructed and arranged to heat the insert member which has been conveyed in the attitude;
a mold to which a die is attached, the mold being configured to mold the insert member which has been conveyed in the attitude, and
a controller, wherein:
the insert member is heated by the heater before the insert member is disposed in the mold;
the conveyer comprises:
a holder constructed and arranged to hold the insert member in the attitude, and
a conveyer element constructed and arranged to convey the insert member while the insert member is being held in the attitude by the holder; and
the holder comprises:
a chuck, and
a cooler formed to be able to cool the chuck, and
the controller is configured to control the cooler to cool the chuck after the insert member is disposed in the die and before another insert member for use in next molding is conveyed to the heater.

2. The molded article manufacturing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the insert member can be heated and made to stand by, before the insert member is disposed in the mold.

3. The molded article manufacturing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the insert member can be heated immediately before the insert member is disposed in the mold.

Assignees

• Toshiba Machine Co Ltd

Inventors

• Koike Jun
• Yoshinaga Akira
• Asanuma Nobuyuki

Classifications

• B29C33/12

  with incorporated means for positioning inserts, e.g. labels {(positioning reinforcements B29C70/541)} · CPC title

• B29C45/17

  Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations · CPC title

• B29C45/14 Primary

  incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles {(B29C45/1671 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B29C2045/14877

  preheating or precooling the insert for non-deforming purposes · CPC title

• B29C45/14008 Primary

  Inserting articles into the mould (B29C45/14827 takes precedence) · CPC title