Mold die

Claim 1

A DIE FOR USE IN THE INJECTION MOLDING OF A PLASTIC ARTICLE, COMPRISING (A) AN UPPER PORTION CONTAINING A FIRST PART OF A MOLD CAVITY OPENING ON A PARTING SURFACE, (B) A LOWER PORTION CONTAINING A SECOND PART OF THE MOLD CAVITY OPENING ON A PARTING SURFACE, (C) GUIDE MEANS FOR MOVING THE UPPER PORTION TOWARD THE LOWER PORTION TO BRING THE PARTING SURFACES TOGETHER TO COMPLETE THE MOLD CAVITY, (D) AN EJECTOR PLATE ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THE PORTIONS LOCATED UNDER THE SECOND PORTION AND HAVING A PIN MOVABLE IN A FIRST DIRECTION INTO THE MOLD CAVITY WHEN THE PORTIONS ARE SEPARATED TO EJECT A MOLDED ARTICLE, (E) A SIDE-MOTION MECHANISM ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THE PORTIONS MOVABLE PARALLEL TO THE PARTING SURFACES WHEN THE PORTIONS MOVE TOWARD ONE ANOTHER TO INTRODUCE A CORE MEMBER TRANSVERSELY OF THE FIRST DIRECTION INTO THE MOLD CAVITY WHEN THE PORTIONS ARE TOGETHER TO FORM PART OF THE MOLDED ARTICLE, (F) AN ELONGATED FINGER FASTENED AT ONE END TO THE UPPER PORTION AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE LOWER PORTION WITH THE OTHER END ADJACENT THE EJECTOR PLATE, AND (G) A TOGGLE FASTENED AT ONE END TO THE LOWER PORTION AND AT THE OTHER END TO THE EJECTOR PLATE, THE SAID OTHER END OF THE FINGER ENGAGING THE CENTER OF THE TOGGLE DURING THE MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER PORTION TO MOVE THE EJECTOR PLATE AWAY FROM THE SECOND PORTION AND WITHDRAW THE EJECTOR PIN FROM THE MOLD CAVITY BEFORE THE CORE MEMBER IS INTRODUCED THEREIN.