US3254371A - Injection-molding machine - Google Patents

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US3254371A
US3254371A US321218A US32121863A US3254371A US 3254371 A US3254371 A US 3254371A US 321218 A US321218 A US 321218A US 32121863 A US32121863 A US 32121863A US 3254371 A US3254371 A US 3254371A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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  • My present invention relates to Ian injection-molding machine for the production of thin-wal1ed articles suc'h as drinking cups and other disposable containers, 'as described in my
  • the system disclosed in my above-identitied application also utilizes, in combination with a continuously reciprocating piston, an auxiliary compressor assembly lfor/the injectable material including a feed screw which, rotating preferably continuously under normal operating condi? tions, forces this material into a precompression chamber under a pressure which is maintained substantially constant as the screw 4is progressively retracted against a suitable restoring force (eig. that of one or more springs) up to the instant when a valve normally blocking this chamber is opened to admit the material into the mold cavity or cavities at the proper point of the cycle.
  • a feed screw which, rotating preferably continuously under normal operating condi? tions, forces this material into a precompression chamber under a pressure which is maintained substantially constant as the screw 4is progressively retracted against a suitable restoring force (eig. that of one or more springs) up to the instant when a valve normally blocking this chamber is opened to admit the material into the mold cavity or cavities at the proper point of the cycle.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide means 'for a thermally separating the filled mold cavity from its injec- 3,254,371 Patented June 7, 1966 In the system specifically described in .my copending application the injection piston is driven from a continuously rotating crank shaftthrough the intermediary of a uid cushion which is placed under pressure by the reaction of the plastic mass in the injection channel upon the advancing piston.
  • This pressure is utilized, in 'accordance with a :feature of my present invention, for retract-ing a Valve member from the injection orifice leading to the mold cavity, this 'valve member being advantageously so shaped as to be held in open position by the dynamic effect of the moving plastic mass, after the hydraulic pressure has diminished, and to reuirn to its seat under the action of -a suitable yrestoring force as soon as the-flow stops.
  • the mold adapted to be charge-d in this manner is composed of a .reciprocable portion and a substantially stationary portion together defining the mold cav-ity or cavities, the last-mentioned mold portiony being limitedly movable, against a restoring force, toward the injection channel by the reciprocating mold portion at the end of the forward stroke of the latter; this feature ⁇ is important for the purpose of 'guarding against improper operation since any premature displacement of the limitedly movable mom portion, due for example to the intrusion of a ⁇ foreign object such as an impnoperlyejected moldedl article between the mold portions, will operate a protective switch to arrest the machine'.
  • the limited mobility of the mold portion next to the injection channel is used for bodily separating the closedmold 4from that chan-nel upon completion of the charging operation, under thecontrol of a suitable timing circuit, and for holding the -mold in this separated positionA during a short cooling period vwhereupon the return stroke of the reciprocable mold portion is resumed to open-the mold for the ejection of the formed article or articles preparatorily to a new cycle.
  • the timing mechanism controlling the molding cycle includes aswitch which is actuatablel 'by the Vcontinuously rotatingV feed screw, in a partly :retracted position of the latter, to render the system operative Whenever the pressure in the lassociated precompression chamber is suicient to move this screw back to a predetermined extent; if the pressure failsfthe switch deactivates the piston and mold drives.
  • This switch vis different from the'circuit breaker disclosed inmy copending application, also actuated by the feed screw, which operates in a still further retracted position thereof to arrest the screw in response to excess reaction pressure indicative of a clogged injection orifice orother malfunction.
  • FIG. l is au elevational View of an injection-molding machine representing a preferred embodiment lof the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is adetail view, drawn to a larger scale, of thel principal elements of the injection drive of the machine shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 3'v and 4 are perspective views (parts broken away) of cam-operated switches respectively associated with the mold and injection drives;
  • FIG. 5 is a -sectional elevational view of the mold and adjacent parts of the injection system
  • FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram of the electric components associated with the machine of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 7 is a graph illustrating the timed relationship between the movements of the injection piston and of the.
  • FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken on the line VIII-VIII of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 are partial views of the system of FIG.
  • a pair of horizontal rods 61', 61" slidably support a pair of cross-heads 103', 103" which are linked by respective pivot studs 104', 104" with the outer end of ram 3, the latter being coxially traversed by a similar rod 61.
  • a second platen 25 is positioned on the tie bars 4 in front of backing plate 30 from which it is held spaced apart with small clearance 29 by compression springs 28 (only one shown).
  • a movable mold portion 6 and a substantially stationary mold portion 26 are respectively secured to the platens and 25; mold portion 26 partakes only of the limited mobility of platen 25 afforded by the compressibility of the springs 28.
  • the xedly positioned rods 61, 61', 61" are aligned with channels in platen 5 and mold portion 6 for ejecting the molded articles from respective cavities of the mold (here assumed to be of the three cavity type) when the platen 5 with the mold portion 6 is retracted to its extreme lefthand position as viewed in FIGS. 1 and 5.
  • the mold portion 26 is formed with several injection oriiices 27 each leading to a respective mold cavity; one such cavity, formed between a frustoconioal recess in female mold portion 26 and a complementary projection in male mold portion 6, is visible at 7 in FIG. 5.
  • the interconnected orifices 27 communicate with a stepped bore'62 in platen 25, this bore .being partly occupied by a nozzle 4S provided with an axial injection channel 44.
  • the reduced outlet port 43 of nozzle 45v is normally blocked by a valve stem 47 (FIG. 12) under pressure from a lever 201 which is fulcrumed on a pivot pin 200 in an injection cylinder 39 supporting the nozzle 45.
  • Lever 201 is -articulated to a link 202 which in turn is hinged to a piston 203 in a hydraulic cylinder 204.
  • An extension rod 205 of piston 203 is surrounded by a coil spring 206 bearing upon the cylinder 204 and a screw 207 on rod 205.
  • the end face of piston 203 is provided with grooves 208 communicating with the surrounding annular space 209 within cylinder 204, the latter being provided with a port 210 for the admission of hydraulic fluid into the space 209 from a conduit 211.
  • the introduction of the charge of comminuted plastic material into passage 44 takes place through the horizontal leg 106 of a T-shaped injection channel (FIG. 5) in cylinder 39 having also a vertical leg 107; channel portion 106 serves to connect the passage 44 with a bore 108 of larger caliber in which a piston 38 is reciprocable.
  • the plastic material is delivered via a hopper 41 to an inclined supply cylinder 109 provided with a feed screw 110 whose shaft 111, carrying a worm gear 112, is lodged in a thrust bearing 113 within a housing 114 which is axially slidable relatively to cylinder 109.
  • Rods 115 projecting rigidly from housing 114, pass for this purpose through a flange 116 of cylinder 109 and terminate in nuts 117 which are under pressure from coil springs 118 tending to displace the housing 114 and the screw 110 to the left as viewed in FIG. 5, i.e. toward the head 39.
  • the screw channel 119 of cylinder 109 communicates via a check valve 120 with the vertical leg of injection channel 107.
  • the worm gear 112 of screw 110 meshes with a worm 112 whose shaft 121 is driven via a flexible linkage, includingva rod 122 articulated to a rod 123, by a shaft 124 which is articulated to rod 123 and obtains its rotation from a transmission 125 driven by a belt 125 from a motor a (FIG. 1); a magnetic clutch 122 is interposed between the rods 121, 122 and, as shown in FIG. 6, has an energizing circuit including a power source (symbolized by a battery B) and a circuit breaker SBSa, carried by flange 116, which opens under the control of a camming rod 126:1 (FIG.
  • the screw-back switch or circuit breaker SBSa willbe unoperated in the normal use of the machine and will come into play only when a stoppage occurs, the screw 110 being otherwise returned to its starting position by the biasing force of its springs 118 upon the release of the pressure in channel 107 brought about by the opening of the injection valve.
  • blockage of channel 107 upon malfunction of the injection mechanism will also result in an increased pressure in the screw channel 119 and consequent relative displacement of the screw 110 and its housing 114 in such direction as to open circuit breaker SBSa so that the latter constitutes a safety switch controlling the screw.
  • Resistance coils 63 and 63 serve to heat the precomposition chamber 106, 108 and the screw channel 119, respectively.
  • a second screw-back switch SBSb connected as a circuit closer, is also carried on cylinder flange 116 for actuation by a camming rod'126b carried like the camming rod 126a on the housing 114.
  • the two rods 126a, 126b are so dimensioned and adjusted that, upon retraction of feed screw 110 from its most advanced position (i.e. toward the right as viewed in FIGS. l and 5), switch SBSb responds long before switch SBSa to complete an energizing circuit for the injection piston 38 as will be described later on with reference to FIG. 6.
  • switch SBSb responds long before switch SBSa to complete an energizing circuit for the injection piston 38 as will be described later on with reference to FIG. 6.
  • Normally, i.e. with an adequate supply of moldable plastic material eg.
  • piston 38 is axially displaceable within a cylinder 39 which forms the aforementioned bore 108.
  • the extension cylinder 39 is detachably xed to the main compression cylinder 39 by suitable means not shown so that a variety of such extension cylinders, having precompression bores 108 of different calibers occupied by their correspondingly dimensioned pistons 38, may be selectively interchanged whereby a piston stroke of predetermined magnitude will etect the displacement of different volumes of the plastic material through bore 106.
  • a shoulder 38 at one end of a rod 38" bears upon the end of piston 38 remote from nozzle 45. The piston 38 is displaced on its forward stroke to the left (FIG.
  • crank arm 66a by means of a crank arm 66a as described in greater detail hereinafter; the pressure of the liquefiable material compressed by screw 110 in channels 107, 119 displaces the piston 38 to the right upon retraction of the crank arm.
  • the other end of rod 38 is provided with a transverse pin 127 received in longitudinal slots 128 of a sleeve 129, the rod and the sleevev being guided in a frame 130.
  • Sleeve 129 has -a threaded bore into which a cylindrical core 131 is screwed so as to project by a predetermined distance toward rod 38, the core 131 being retained in its 5 adjusted position by a key 132 on a disk 133 to which the sleeve 129 is adjustably attached by being screwed tight against an annular shim 133', the thicknessof this shim determining the length of the piston stroke.
  • a bor-e 134 in core 131 accommodates a stud 135 which is pressed by a spring 136 toward the pin 127 whereby rod 38 and, with it, piston 38 can be resiliently displaced relatively to sleeve 129, within the limits of slots 128 and core 131, to form a lost-motion linkage therewith.
  • Disk 133 in turn, has a central boss 137 which is received with clearance in a cup-shaped extension 13S of a cross-head 65 pivotally engaged by crank arm 66a.
  • the disk 133 is held against rotation relative to cross-head 65 by a key 139 whil-e being aXiallly-slidable with respect thereto.
  • the spaces 140, 141 between the cross-head 65 and the disk 133, interconnected by a channel 142, are filled with oil supplied under pressure through a pipe 143 from a bladder 144 (FIG. 1).
  • An annular gasket 145 of bifurcate cross-section substantially prevents leakage of oil out of the spaces 140, 141, which thus encompass a fluid cushion between the crank drive 66a, 65 and the lostmotion coupling 127, 129 of piston 38".
  • a check valve 146 in a passage 146 enables additional oil from a sump 147 to enter these spaces if they should have been depleted toy such an extent that an appreciable suction is created therein by the rightward displacement of crosshead 65 (FIG. 9), by means of springs 138- interposed between it and the disk 133, upon the retraction of the crank arm 66a as the shoulder 38 of rod 38 strikes an abutment 148 (FIG. 5).
  • crank arm 66a is eccentrically articulated to a disk 67a keyed to a vertical shaft 33a (see also FIG. 3).
  • This shaft forms part of a driving mechanism, generally designated 8a in FIG. 1, whichpoperates the above-described injection unit and is powered by the motor 10a via a transmission 11a.
  • a handle 70a serves to regulate lthe speed of the motor 10a and/or its preferably adjustable transmission 11a.
  • a second handle 70b similarly controls a motor 10b and/or its transmission 11b which powers a driving mechanism 8b associated with the ram 3.
  • the last-mentioned mechanism has a horizontal output shaft the arms 68, 68" being swingable on'a fixed transverse rod 152 whereas the arms 69', 69 are traversed by the studs 104', 104", respectively (see FIG. 8).
  • the driving mechanisms'a and' 8b are substantially identical and are represented in FIG. 10 by the unit 8.
  • This unit is shown to have a housing 34 from which an input or drive shaft 13 and an output or driven shaft 33 project at right angles to each other; shaftv 13. carries a flywheel 152 and is keyed to a pulley 12 forming part of a transmission such as the ones illustratedl at 11a and 11b in FIG. l.
  • an electromagnetic clutch member 14 co-operating with a fluted extremity 16 on a tubular shaft 15 which coaxially surrounds the shaft 13 for independent rotation.
  • Shaft 15 is integral with a worm 18 which meshes with a spiroid gear 19, firmly mounted on driven shaft 33.
  • An electromagnetic brake member 20, fixedly anchored to the housing 34 also co-operates with the fluted shaft portion 16 to arrest the tubular shaft 15.
  • the magnetic elements 14 and 20 are surrounded by an extension 153 of housing 34 which in turn is nested in a cylindrical shell 154 composed of two parts 154', 154".
  • the inner part 154 is formed along its outer peripheral surface with a helical channel 155 which is closed by the outer part 154" except for an entrance port 156 and an exit port 157.
  • Shell 154 which is xedly supported on housing extension 153 by means of peripherally'spaced lugs 158, is formed with a series of axially extending ribs 159which spacedly lie along the inner circumference of its part 154" and are interleaved with similar ribs 160 rising from the housing part 153.
  • a set of fan blades 161 on the free end of the continually rotating shaft 13 draw a stream of ambient air through the screened end 162 of housing extension 153 and blow it outwardly between the lugs 158, the air thus passing through the longitudinal channels defined by ribs 159, 160 to cool a ow of oil continuously circulated through the channel 155 of shell 154.
  • this oil flow is .created by a pump 163 which draws the oil through a conduit 1.64 from sump 147 and drives it through a conduit 165 into the entrance port 156a, the oil then passing from exit port 157a into a conduit 166 which delivers it tothe top of vthe machine housing whence it returns to the sump.
  • An analogous pumping system not shown, recirculates the oil on the ram side of the machine through the corresponding shell 1541: for cooling.
  • a pool of oil will also collect inside the drive-shaft housings 34a, 34b whose interiors communicate with the sump on the respective machine side through various paths, e.g. between the ball-bearing races of the several shafts.
  • This oil can be separately cooled, e.g. with the aid of a coil 167 (FIG. l0) traversed by Water or some other cooling uid. v
  • the output shafts 33a, 33b of driving mechanisms 8a, 8b are also coupled to a pair of disk-shaped cam carriers 9a, 9b, respectively. These carriers are supported on shafts 168a, 168b coaxial with but spaced from cam shafts 33a, 33b as best seen in FIGS. 3., 4 and 8. Crank. ⁇
  • disk 67a is coupled with carrier 9a by way of an eccentric pin 15011, representing the fulcrum of its crank arm 66a, in substantially the same manner as disk 67b is coupled with carrier 9b through the intermediary of pin 150b on which the crank arms 66b', 66b are fulcrumed.
  • Each camming element is adjustably secur-
  • Each of carriers 9a, 9b is formed with a circular groovev 7 able in an angular position along its track, though it is to be understood that the relative order of the three elements of each set remains unchanged.
  • thecamming elements 35-37 of shaft 33h (FIG. 3) respectively ⁇ co-operate with a mold-open switch MOS, a piston-start switch PSS and a mold-closed switch MCS also mounted on a surrounding stationary support 71b.
  • FIG. shows two further limit switches, i.e. a first and a second mold-protection switch MPSI and MPSZ respectively carried by the mold portion 26 and by the backing plate 30.
  • Switch MPSI is actuatable by a pusher finger 53 on mold portion 6 upon complete closure of the mold 6, 26; switch MPS2 is similarly actuatable by a pusher finger 54 on platen 25 upon a backward displacement (to the right in FIG. 5) of that platen by the oncoming mold portion 6. Both these switches operate when the mold closes properly. If, however, foreign matter between the portions 6 and 26 prevents complete closure of the mold, switch MPS1 will remain unoperated while switch MPS2 is actuated whereby a malfunction is indicated. As a result, by the circuit arrangement described hereinafter, the machine will come to a standstill.
  • Each detector shown in FIG. 5, comprises a photoelectric cell 55 illuminated by a light source 56, the illuminating beam being interrupted by the falling of an ejected article from the associated cavity. If such an interruption does not occur at the proper period during the operating cycle of the machine, the same is stopped.
  • FIG. 1 Other safety features, illustrated in FIG. 1, include the provision of a pair of gates 51 (only one shown) which are slidable on rails 52 and, when properly positioned on both sides of the mold, close respective switches GS1 and-G82.
  • the machine shown in FIG. 1 also includes an alarm lamp AL (preferably red) and a number of handleoperated and pushbutton-operated switches whose functions will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6. These switches are a master selector switch S1 for changing from manual (i.e.
  • a cutout switch S2 for disabling the ejectionprotection system controlled by the detectors 55, 56 whenever such protection is not needed, as during manual or single-cycle operation; another cutout switch S3 for similarly disabling the mold-protection switches MPSI and MPSZ; an ancillary selector switch S4 for changing from single-cycle to continuous automatic operation or vice versa; switches S5 and S6 for energizing the motors 10a and b, respectively; and a series of pushbutton switches GD, PF, PB, MO, MC referred to hereinafter.
  • switch S1 has ten contacts while switch S2 has three; the other control switches are of the single-pole, single-throw type.
  • the system further includes an alarm relay AR, an ejection-protection relay EPR, a plurality of cascade-connected ejection-signaling relays ESR, ESR', ESR" controlled by respective discharge detectors constituted by lamps 56, 56', 56" and associated photocells 55, 55', 55" in a detector unit DU, a mold relay MR, a piston relay PR in series with the contacts of screw-back switch SBSb, a mold-closing relay MCR, a mold-opening relay MOR, and a pair of timing relays SR (slow-releasing) and SO (slow-operating).
  • Power is supplied to the system by a source of electric current, here shown schematically as the aforementioned batter B, via a pair of bus bars B1, B2.
  • relay AR When power is rst connected to the system, relay AR is energized via the No. 1 contact of switch S1 and locks over its No. 1 armature in series with cam-operated switch IPSS and either or both of mold-protection switches MPSI, MPSZ which in the illustrated position are shunted by the closed switch S3; it will be noted that switch MPSI is normally open while Iswitch MIPSZ is normally closed.
  • Relay AR at its No. 2 armature, opens the energizing circuit of alarm lamp AL which thus is normally extinguished; at its No. 4 armature it extends ground from bus bar B2 to an auxiliary bus bar B2'.
  • switch MCS is opened by cam 37 to deener-gize the relay MOR and, consequently, to release the relay MR so that the mold stops. This may occur substantially at the end of the forward stroke of piston 38 or somewhat prior thereto, the relative phasing of the strokes of ram 3 and piston 38 being of course dependent upon the setting of the control cams 22-24 and 35-37. Substantially at the instant of mold closure, when the injection mechanism has generated the preselected .degree of pressure upon .the ⁇ iuid cushion in space (FIG.
  • valve 43, 47 is opened in the previously described manner so that the compressed and liquefied molding material to the left of the piston 38 squirts into each mold cavity 7.
  • the piston which had come to rest upon the ⁇ release of yrelay rPR ⁇ with the deactivation of clutch 14a and .reoperation of brake 20a, may thereupon be retracted by actuation of piston-back pushbutton PB whereby relay yPR is once more energize-d in a circuit extending from bus bar B1 through its winding, closed switch PBS, button PB, and the fNos. 3 and 2 contacts of switch S1 to bus bar 32.
  • Piston 38 now completes its cycle, relay PR remaining operated while pushbutton PB is held down until the cam 23 again opens the switch IPBS. During that period, or thereafter, the operator the No. 7 contact of selector switch S1.
  • Relay MOR
  • the time axis or abscissa represents the retracted position of each element, i.e.,left for the ram 3 andV right for the piston 38 as viewed in FIGS. 1 and 5.
  • button PF is actuated to initiate the reciprocations of first the piston and then the ram with a delay determined by the setting of cam 24.
  • the latter closes mold-start switch MSS to begin the forward stroke of the movable mold portion which continues through instant t2, when switch PSS is opened inetectually, up to instant t3 when the-mold is stopped by the switch MCS. it operates switch PFS to restart the mold movement, witha stop at t4 and a. resumption ⁇ of motion at t4 as determined by relays SR and SO, its own travel thereafter coming to a halt at instant t5 with the opening of switch PBS.
  • the mold-return stroke is terminated at instant t5 by the switch MOS.
  • relay EPR remains released after instant t3 and the operation of cam 36 upon switch PSS at instant t7 (or corresponding instants of later cycles) breaks the operating cycle of alarm relay AR whereby the latter releases, the machine is arrested and lamp AL is lit in the manner described above.
  • switch S4 If the operator desires to stop the machine during normal recycling, he merely opens the switch S4 whereupon the molding and injection units will come to a halt upon the next opening of switch PBS as has been described for single-cycle operation.
  • cam 35 it may be desirable to adjust the cam 35 so that switch MOS will be opened not in the exact dead-center position of ram 3 but with the mold portion 6 brought slightly closer to mold portion 26, e.g. at instant I6 in FIG. 7, whereby the mold cavities will be free from their ejection rods 61, 61', 61'I so that, with pushbutton operation, cleaning of the cavities and the fastening of inserts therein will be facilitated.
  • the position of cam 36, controlling the switch PSS is in either case advantageously so selected that the ejection test is performed somewhat before the valve43, 47 is opened, as indicated by the horizontal line V in FIG.
  • this opening of the injection valve occurs at a time t2 when the mold is in substantially the same position as during the cooling-ofi interval 142-14".
  • a mold comprising a reciprocable first portion and a substantially stationary second portion defining at least one cavity between them, said second portion being provided with an injection passage terminating at said cavity; supply means for moldable plastic material forming a supply -channel and a compression chamber communicating therewith, said chamber having an outlet aligned with said passage; feed means including a rotatable feed screw in said channel and a reciprocable piston in said chamber operable to inject a fluid mass of said plastic material from said chamber through said passage into said cavity, said feed screw being provided with biasing means urging it forwardly in said chamber and being axially retractable in response to reaction pressure from said plastic material against the force of said biasing means; first drive means for intermittently operating said feed means by reciprocating said piston; second drive means for alternately advancing said first portion into contact with said second portion and withdrawing it therefrom in timed relationship with said feed means whereby said mold is alternately closed for a molding operation and opened for the ejection of a molded article therefrom; switch
  • a mold comprising a reciprocable first portion and a substantially stationary second portion defining at least one cavity between them, said second portion being provided with an injection passage terminating at said cavity; supply means for moldable plastic material forming a supply channel and a compression chamber communicating therewith, said chamber having an outlet aligned with said passage; feed means including a rotatable feed screw in said channel and a reciprocable piston in said chamber operable to inject a fluid mass of said plastic material from said chamber through said passage into said cavity, said feed screw being provided with biasing means urging it forwardly in said chamber and being axially retractable in response to reaction pressure from said plastic material against the force of said biasing means; first drive means for intermittently operating said feed means by reciprocating said piston, said first drive means being coupled with said piston by a linkage including a fluid cushion; second drive means for alternately advancing said first portion into contact with said second portion and withdrawing it therefrom in timed relationship with said feed means whereby said mold is alternately closed for a molding
  • a mold comprising a reciprocable first portion and a substantially stationary second portion defining at least one cavity between them, said second portion being provided with an injection passage terminating at said cavity; supply means for moldable plastic material forming a supply channel and a compression chamber communicating therewith, said chamber having an outlet aligned with said passage; feed means including a rotatable feed screw in said channel and a reciprocable piston in said chamber operable to inject a fluid mass of' said plastic material from said chamber through said passage into said cavity, said feed screw being provided with biasing means urging it forwardly in said chamber and being axially retractable in response to reaction pressure from said plastic material against the force of said biasing means; first drive -means for intermittently operating said feed means by reciprocating said piston; second drive means for alternately advancing said first portion into contact with said second portion and withdrawing it therefrom in timed relationship with said feed means whereby said mold is alternately closed for a molding operation and opened for the ejection of a molded article therefrom
  • a mold comprising a reciprocable first portion and a limitedly movable second portion defining at least one cavity between them, said second portion being provided with an injection passage terminating at said cavity; supply means for moldable plastic material forming a supply channel and a compression chamber communicating therewith, said chamber having an outlet aligned with said passage; feed means including a rotatable feed screw in said channel and a reciprocable piston in said chamber operble to inject a iiuid mass of said plastic material from said chamber through said passage into said cavity, said feed screw being provided with biasing means urging it forwardly in said -chamber and being axially retractable supply means, thereby cooling the materia-l in said cavity preparatorily to opening the mold upon a further within response to reaction pressure from said plastic material against the force of said biasing means; first drive means for intermittently operating said feed means by reciprocating said piston, said first drive means being coupled 'with said piston by a linkage including a fluid cushion; second drive means for alternate
  • a mold comprising a reciprocable first portion and a dimitedly movable second portiondefining at least one cavity between them, said second portion being provided with an injection passage terminating at said cavity; supply means for moldable plastic material forming a compression chamber, said chamber having an outlet aligned with said passage; feed means operable to inject a uid mass of said plastic material from said chamber through said passage into said cavity; first drive means for intermittently operating said feed means; second drive means for alternately advancing said first portion into contact with said second portion and withdrawing it therefrom in timed relationship with said feed means whereby said mold is alternately closed for a molding operation and opened for the ejection of a molded article therefrom, said second portion being displaceable by said first portion into contact with said supply means preparatorily to said molding operation and being provided with restoring means for moving it away from said supply means upon the with drawal of said first portion; and timer means for briefiy interrupting the operation of said second drive means at' the beginning of each
  • mold comprising a reciprocable first portion and a substantially stationary second portion defining at least one cavity between-them, said second portion being provided with an injection passage terminating at said cavity; supply means for moldable plastic material forming a compression chamber, said chamber having an outlet aligned with said passage; feed means including a reciprocable piston operable to inject a fluid mass of said plastic material from said chamber through said passage into said cavity; first drive means for intermittently operating said feed means by reciprocating said piston; second drive means for alternately advancing said first portion into contact with said second portion and withdrawing it therefrom in timed relationship with said feed means whereby said mold is alternately closed for a molding operation and opened for the ejection of a molded article therefrom; said second portion being displaceable by said first portion into contact with said supply means preparatorily to said molding operation and being provided with restoring means for moving it away from said supply means upon the withdrawal of said first portion; valve means in said outlet normally blocking same, said valve means being provided with actuating means responsive to the pressure of said piston for temporarily unblocking said outlet

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