Molding device and method for manufacturing molded product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10758975-B2
Application number	US-201515579923-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2015
Priority date	Jun 12, 2015
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a molding device for manufacturing a molded product having an arc-shaped bent inner space, wherein the molding device includes: a pair of molds which is joinable to each other and separable from each other, and is capable of forming a cavity C which has a shape corresponding to an outer shape of the molded product in a joined state during molding; a core which has a shape corresponding to an inner shape of the molded product, and is disposed in the inside of the cavity C which the pair of molds forms during molding; and a rotation member which is joined to a terminal end of the core, and is rotatable together with the core after molding. Compared to a conventional molding device, the molding device of the present invention becomes a molding device capable of suppressing the occurrence of a defect on a molded product having an arc-shaped bent inner space at the time of taking out the molded product.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A molding device for manufacturing a molded product having an arc-shaped bent inner space, the molding device comprising:
a pair of molds which are joinable to each other and separable from each other, and are capable of forming a cavity which has a shape corresponding to an outer shape of the molded product in a joined state during molding;
a core which has a shape corresponding to an inner shape of the molded product, and is disposed in the inside of the cavity which the pair of molds forms during molding; and
a rotation member which is joined to a terminal end of the core, and is rotatable together with the core after molding, wherein
a side wherein the core is attached to the rotation member as one side, and a side opposite to the one side as an other side,
the molding device further includes a fixing member capable of fixing the rotation member, and
the fixing member is configured to fix the core and the rotation member by supporting the rotation member from the other side during molding, and the fixing member allows the rotation member to be rotatable by retracting from the other side of the rotation member after molding.

2. The molding device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation member is rotatable about a predetermined rotation axis.

3. The molding device according to claim 1 , wherein,
a position where the fixing member is arranged when the core is pulled out from the molded product as a retracting position and assuming a position where the fixing member is arranged during molding as a fixing position, and
the fixing member is movable linearly between the retracting position and the fixing position.

4. The molding device according to claim 3 , wherein
a moving direction of the fixing member from the retracting position to the fixing position as a first direction,
the rotation member has a first tapered portion which is inclined from the one side to the other side as the first tapered portion extends in the first direction, and
the fixing member has a second tapered portion which is inclined from the one side to the other side as the second tapered portion extends in the first direction.

5. The molding device according to claim 3 , wherein
a moving direction of the fixing member from the retracting position to the fixing position as a first direction,
the rotation member has a first projecting portion which projects from the other side to the one side,
the fixing member has a second projecting portion which projects from the one side to the other side,
a distal end of the first projecting portion is positioned on a distance along a first direction side in front of a distal end of the second projecting portion when the fixing member is at the retracting position,
the distal end of the second projecting portion is positioned on the distance along the first direction side in front of the distal end of the first projecting portion when the fixing member is at the fixing position,
the first projecting portion has a third tapered portion which is inclined from the one side to the other side as the third tapered portion extends toward the first direction on a first direction side, and
the second projecting portion has a fourth tapered portion which is inclined from the one side to the other side as the fourth tapered portion extends toward the first direction on a side opposite to the first direction side.

6. The molding device according to claim 5 , further comprising a return prevention member which is configured to prevent the rotation member from returning to a position taken during molding after the rotation member is moved by the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion, and
the return prevention member is configured to prevent the rotation member from returning to the position taken during molding by entering a space formed by the movement of the rotation member after the rotation member is moved by the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion.

7. The molding device according to claim 3 , wherein
a moving direction of the fixing member from the retracting position to the fixing position as a first direction, and
plane perpendicular to the first direction as a reference plane, and an angle made by a plane and the reference plane which intersects with the plane as a reference inclination angle,
the rotation member has a first tapered portion which is inclined from the one side to the other side as the first tapered portion extends toward the first direction and a first projecting portion which projects from the other side to the one side,
the fixing member has a second tapered portion which is inclined from the one side to the other side as the second tapered portion extends toward the first direction and a second projecting portion which projects from the one side to the other side,
a distal end of the first projecting portion is positioned on a distance along a first direction side in front of a distal end of the second projecting portion when the fixing member is at the retracting position, and
the distal end of the second projecting portion is positioned on the distance along the first direction side in front of the distal end of the first projecting portion when the fixing member is at the fixing position,
the first projecting portion has a third tapered portion which is inclined from the one side to the other side as the third tapered portion extends toward the first direction on a first direction side,
the second projecting portion has a fourth tapered portion which is inclined from the one side to the other side as the fourth tapered portion extends toward the first direction on a side opposite to the first direction side, and
the first tapered portion and the second tapered portion have reference inclination angles equal to or less than reference inclination angles of the third tapered portion and the fourth tapered portion.

8. The molding device according to claim 1 , wherein the molding device is a molding device for manufacturing a molded product made of metal as the molded product.

9. A method for manufacturing a molded product for manufacturing a molded product having an arc-shaped bent inner space, the method comprising:
a first step of forming by molding the molded product between a pair of molds capable of forming a cavity which has a shape corresponding to an outer shape of the molded product in a joined state and a core which has a shape corresponding to an inner shape of the molded product; and
a second step of, after forming by molding the molded product, pulling out the core from the molded product by rotating the core by a rotation member joined to a terminal end of the core in this order, wherein
a side wherein the core is attached to the rotation member as one side, and a side opposite to the one side as an other side,
in the second step, a first force which is directed from the one side to the other side is applied to the rotation member first and, thereafter, a second force which is weaker than the first force and is a rotation force applied to the rotation member thus pulling out the core from the molded product.

10. The method for manufacturing a molded product according to claim 9 , wherein the molded product is a molded product made of metal.

Assignees

• Taiho Kogyo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Masuzawa Hisaomi
• Kitazawa Toshiaki

Classifications

• B22C9/062

  Mechanisms for locking or opening moulds · CPC title

• B22C9/101

  Permanent cores · CPC title

• B22D17/24

  Accessories for locating and holding cores or inserts · CPC title

• B29C45/44

  for undercut articles · CPC title

• B29C45/2681

  with rotatable mould parts · CPC title