Mold and method for manufacturing mold

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11173641-B2
Application number	US-201516065565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2015
Priority date	Dec 25, 2015
Publication date	Nov 16, 2021
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021

Abstract

There is provided a mold including a movable side mold, a fixed side mold and a sprue bush, the sprue bush including a flow path for a cooling fluid of the fixed side mold, wherein inlet and outlet ports of the flow path for the cooling fluid are in a direct connection with a cooling tube, respectively, the cooling tube being located along a space portion provided in the fixed side mold, and wherein the space portion is in a form of an opening provided in at least one of opposed surfaces of the fixed side mold.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mold, comprising:
a movable side mold;
a fixed side mold;
at least one flexible cooling tube among cooling tubes; and
a sprue bush comprising a flow path for a cooling fluid of the fixed side mold, and inlet and outlet ports of the flow path for the cooling fluid are in a direct connection with a corresponding one of the cooling tubes,
wherein the cooling tubes are located along a space portion provided in the fixed side mold,
wherein the space portion includes an opening provided in at least one of opposed surfaces of the fixed side mold,
wherein the space portion includes a region in a form of a non-linear extension, and
wherein the at least one flexible cooling tube is disposed along the region that is in the form of the non-linear extension.

2. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the space portion is in a form of a channel, the channel being provided in a surface of the fixed side mold.

3. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the space portion is in a form of a continuous opening, the continuous opening extending from the one of the opposed surfaces of the fixed side mold to the other thereof.

4. The mold according to claim 3 , wherein the fixed side mold is composed of at least two sub-molds, and
wherein the space portion is in a form of a gap provided between the at least two sub-molds.

5. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed side mold is composed of a mold plate and a mounting plate for the mold plate, and
wherein the space portion is provided in at least one of upper or lower surfaces of the mounting plate, and/or at least one of upper or lower surfaces of the mold plate.

6. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the inlet and outlet ports of the flow path for the cooling fluid are located at a side surface of the sprue bush.

7. The mold according to claim 6 , wherein the inlet and outlet ports of the flow path for the cooling fluid are each located at each of both side surfaces of the sprue bush such that the inlet and outlet ports are opposite to each other.

8. The mold according to claim 6 , wherein the inlet and outlet ports of the flow path for the cooling fluid are both located at one of the side surfaces of the sprue bush.

9. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the sprue bush comprises a sprue portion, and
wherein the space portion extends in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the sprue portion extends.

10. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the space portion reaches to a vicinity of a material injection portion of the sprue bush.

11. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the inlet and outlet ports of the flow path for the cooling fluid are in a direct connection with the cooling tubes via a corresponding joint part, the corresponding joint part being composed of at least one selected from a group comprising a male screw, a female screw and a cooling joint.

12. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one flexible cooling tube is in a form of a flexible hose.

13. A method for manufacturing a mold, the method comprising:
preparing a sprue bush comprising a flow path for a cooling fluid;
preparing a fixed side mold, and forming an opening in at least one of opposed surfaces of the fixed side mold;
preparing a movable side mold;
inserting the sprue bush into the fixed side mold;
providing cooling tubes, wherein at least one of the cooling tubes is provided as a flexible cooling tube;
forming the fixed side mold to have a space portion that includes a region in a form of a non-linear extension therein;
placing the cooling tubes along the space portion provided in the fixed side mold to directly connect each of inlet and outlet ports of the flow path for the cooling fluid with a corresponding one of the cooling tubes;
disposing the at least one cooling tube, which is provided as the flexible cooling tube, along the region that is in the form of the non-linear extension; and
contacting the fixed side mold with the movable side mold.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein a flexible hose is used as the flexible cooling tube.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the space portion is provided such that the space portion has a channel configuration.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Abe Satoshi
• Tanaka Kenichi
• Uchinono Yoshiyuki
• Matsumoto Isamu
• Takenami Masataka

Classifications

• B29C45/27 Primary

  Sprue channels {; Runner channels or runner nozzles} · CPC title

• B29C2045/2753

  Heating means and cooling means, e.g. heating the runner nozzle and cooling the nozzle tip · CPC title

• B29C45/2737 Primary

  Heating or cooling means therefor (B29C45/7331 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C45/26

  Moulds · CPC title

• B29C45/7312 Primary

  Construction of heating or cooling fluid flow channels · CPC title