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Method of making electrically heated nozzle
Assignee: FAST HEAT ELEMENT Manufacturing Co
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Filing: 1976-07-16
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Granted: 1978-10-17
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Expires: 1996-07-16
Abstract
Abstract An electrically heated nozzle device for plastic molding or die casting equipment having a novel casing with an integral heater core, and means to seal the casing for retaining the heater core in place and to electrically insulate the electrical heating element from the casing and prevent loss of thermal transmitting packing contained in the casing, which is structured to receive the heater core in the area close to its passage for carrying molten material to be molded or cast in a forming cavity, and which may be shaped. The casing may also include a probe for a thermocouple or a thermocouple well for sensing temperature; and the method includes the steps of arranging an unsheathed electric heating element in a bore formed in the nozzle casing in proximity to its molding material orifice, filling the bore with heat transmitting electrical insulation embedding an electric heating element, compacting the insulation about the heating element and in the bore to eliminate air voids, and sealing the bore. The method may also include the steps of assembling in the nozzle casing a body of relatively flexible green ceramic particles impregnated in heat dissipatable material and embedding a resistance wire heating element in the body, heating the assembly to bake out the heat dissipatable material and sinter the ceramic particles together, and compacting the assembly to eliminate air voids therein and between the casing and said assembly. Also disclosed herein in a heater body embodying modified features of the invention.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter R. Crandell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 09:53
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B3/00; H05B3/40; H05B3/42; H05B3/44; B; B22; B22D; B22D17/00; B22D17/20; B22D17/22; B22D17/2272; B29; B29C; B29C45/00; B29C45/17; B29C45/26; B29C45/27; B29C45/2737; B29C45/30; B29C2045/274; B29C2045/2743; B29C2045/2748; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49082; Y10T29/49083; Y10T29/49087; Y10T29/49089
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
The method of making an integral heated torpedo for a molding nozzle which comprises winding a wire resistor upon a core having an opening therein extending the length thereof, extending a lead wire through said opening, connecting the end of said wire resistor to said lead wire, placing a ceramic spacer at each end of said core, inserting the core and spacers unsheathed into the open bore of a casing comprising a torpedo body closed at one end, filling the bore with heat transfer electrical insulation material to fill all voids in said bore between said core and spacers and said casing, placing an insulated washer in the open end of the bore, swaging the casing to reduce the diameter thereof and to pack the insulation material tightly around the core and in all gaps in the bore, and shaping the closed end of the casing.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
146 words
The method of making an integral heated torpedo for a molding nozzle which comprises winding a wire resistor upon a core having an opening therein extending the length thereof, extending a lead wire through said opening, connecting the end of said wire resistor to said lead wire, placing a ceramic spacer at each end of said core, inserting the core and spacers unsheathed into the open bore of a casing comprising a torpedo body closed at one end, filling the bore with heat transfer electrical insulation material to fill all voids in said bore between said core and spacers and said casing, placing an insulated washer in the open end of the bore, swaging the casing to reduce the diameter thereof and to pack the insulation material tightly around the core and in all gaps in the bore, and shaping the closed end of the casing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method recited in claim 1, with the addition of flanging the casing to lock the washer therein.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method recited in claim 1, with the addition of placing a plastic washer between the insulated washer and the related open end of the bore, and removing the plastic washer after swaging.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method recited in claim 1, with the addition of mounting a flanged collar on the casing at the end thereof opening to said bore.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method recited in claim 1, with the addition of vibrating the filled casing before swaging to pack down the insulating material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method recited in claim 1, with the addition of inserting a thermocouple element into the casing before the casing is filled with insulating material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
118 words
In a method for making an electrically heated nozzle having a passage for injection of molten material into a forming cavity, said method comprising the steps of forming a bore in the nozzle body in proximity to the material injection passage, filling the bore with an unsheathed assembly of a winding of electric heater resistance wire embedded in heat transfer electrical insulation material without air gaps between said wire and said material, compressing the filled nozzle body to substantially eliminate all air voids in the assembly and between said assembly and said bore and to pack the insulation densely within said bore, connecting lead wires to the ends of said winding, and sealing said assembly in said bore.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
118 words
In a method for making an electrically heated nozzle having a passage for injection of molten material into a forming cavity, said method comprising the steps of forming a bore in the nozzle body in proximity to the material injection passage, filling the bore with an unsheathed assembly of a winding of electric heater resistance wire embedded in heat transfer electrical insulation material without air gaps between said wire and said material, compressing the filled nozzle body to substantially eliminate all air voids in the assembly and between said assembly and said bore and to pack the insulation densely within said bore, connecting lead wires to the ends of said winding, and sealing said assembly in said bore.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method recited in claim 7, with the additional step of shaping the exterior of said nozzle after the filled nozzle body has been compressed.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method recited in claim 7, with the additional steps of forming a groove in the bore and inserting a thermocouple in said groove before said nozzle body has been compressed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method recited in claim 7, wherein said nozzle body comprises a tube and a casing, and said bore is formed in the space between said tube and casing by telescoping said tube over said casing.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method recited in claim 10, wherein at least a portion of said insulation material comprises a sheet of green ceramic particles embedded to a high density in binders of heat dissipatable material, and with the additional steps of covering the exterior surface of said casing with said sheet, winding said electric resistance wire around said sheet and casing, and heating said wire wound sheet and casing to dissipate said binders.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method recited in claim 7, with the additional step of vibrating the assembly prior to compressing to pack the insulation material around the winding and in the bore.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method recited in claim 7, wherein the insulation material comprises green ceramic particles embedded to a high density in binders of heat dissipatable material, and with the additional step of heating the assembly to burn out the binders and sinter the ceramic particles into an agglomerated mass.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method recited in claim 11, wherein the balance of said insulation material comprises powdered ceramic material, and said bore filling step comprises packing said bore with said powdered ceramic material.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-10-16 | 1982-04-17 | 1982-10-17 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-10-16 | 1986-04-17 | 1986-10-17 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-10-16 | 1990-04-17 | 1990-10-17 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |