Injection molding device for molding bodies of natural or synthetic rubber

Claim 1

An injection molding device for producing molded bodies of natural or synthetic rubber type plasticized material, said device comprising a vertical press including in combination: a stationary lower cross head, a movable upper cross head, uprights supporting the upper cross head for movement with respect to the lower cross head, a heatable pressure mold including upper and lower mold halves respectively supported by the cross heads for being opened and closed upon movement of the upper cross head; a feed duct mounted in said lower cross head for feeding the material to said mold; plasticizing feed means engaged with said lower cross head and directly communicatng with one end of said duct for feeding plasticized material into said duct; a removable nozzle in the other end of said duct communicating directly with said mold for feeding material from said duct into said mold, said nozzle comprising a body having a nozzle opening of determined length and width and a conically flared passageway joined to said nozzle opening and extending therefrom towards said feed duct; injection means supported by and within said lower cross head in superposed relation above said plasticizing feed means for injecting plasticized material in said duct into said mold via said nozzle, said injection means including a casing mounted in said lower cross head directly communicating with said duct at a point intermediate said nozzle and said plasticizing feed means; valve means for controlling the feeding of plasticized material from said plasticizing means into said duct and said injection means, said valve means including a valve head and a valve seat provided in the duct intermediate the connections with said plasticizing feed means and said injection means, said valve head being reciprocable so that movement towards said nozzle opens said duct for feeding material by said plasticizing feed means into said duct and movement towards said one end blocks such feed of material, said valve means further including a piston connected to said valve head for reciprocating said valve head; a nozzle cleaning member fitting the width and length of the nozzle opening; a coupling rod connecting said cleaning member to said valve head so as to insert said cleaning member into the nozzle opening when the valve head is moved into its open position and to withdraw the cleaning member from the nozzle opening upon closing of said valve head, said nozzle cleaning member being disposed in said flared passageway with its end in proximity to said nozzle opening with the valve head in closed position, said nozzle cleaning member penetrating into said nozzle opening and extending the full length thereof in tight-fitting manner with the valve head in open position to constitute a means for fully cleaning said nozzle opening of residues of plasticized residual material; and control means coacting with said piston for opening and closing said valve head, wherein the length of said rod and the axial movement of the valve head are so correlated that the axial displacement of the valve head upon opening of the valve moves said cleaning member into the nozzle opening and the closing movement of the valve head withdraws the cleaning member therefrom.