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Mold

Assignee: TDK Corp
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Filing: 1986-10-10
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Granted: 1988-02-23
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Expires: 2006-10-10
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Abstract

Abstract A mold for stepwise molding by two or more injection shots of different materials or colors comprises fixed and movable mold halves and a slide core which combinedly form a first cavity and, with the slide core moved down, a second cavity for the shots to form a molded article of unitary structure, such as a housing section of an audio cassette tape with a see-through window. Ribs are formed on the slide core along its peripheries, and a land projection is formed on the inner side of the fixed mold half to be in contact with the molding surface of the slide core recessed with respect to the ribs. The inner peripheral wall faces of the ribs and the peripheral wall faces of the land projection of the fixed mold half are spaced apart to remain out of contact during mold clamping.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masaoki Sekine
  • 👤 Toshihiko Ishida

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 09:47
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C45/00; B29C45/16; B29C45/1635

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 255 words
In a mold for stepwise molding including a fixed mold half which has a molding surface forming a part of a first cavity, a movable mold half, and a slide core, the slide core having a surface adapted to fit in intimate contact with the molding surface of the fixed half and embraces a gate orifice for use in secondary injection and also having peripheral surface portions which combine with the molding surfaces of the fixed and movable mold halves to define the first cavity, said slide core being arranged to be removable into and out of contact with said fixed mold half, in such manner that, at the time of primary injection, the surface of said slide core is in intimate contact with the inner surface of said fixed half including the secondary-injection gate orifice to form the first cavity and, at the time of secondary injection, said slide core moves away from the surface of aid fixed half to form a second cavity in between, the improvement comprising: riblike elevations formed on said slide core along the peripheries to define the first cavity and come in intimate contact at their tops with said fixed mold half, and a land projection formed on the inner side of said fixed mold half to be in contact with the surface of said slide core recess between said riblike elevations during the primary injection and forming part of the second cavity during the secondary injection, and the riblike elevations adapted to form grooves during the secondary injection.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 255 words
In a mold for stepwise molding including a fixed mold half which has a molding surface forming a part of a first cavity, a movable mold half, and a slide core, the slide core having a surface adapted to fit in intimate contact with the molding surface of the fixed half and embraces a gate orifice for use in secondary injection and also having peripheral surface portions which combine with the molding surfaces of the fixed and movable mold halves to define the first cavity, said slide core being arranged to be removable into and out of contact with said fixed mold half, in such manner that, at the time of primary injection, the surface of said slide core is in intimate contact with the inner surface of said fixed half including the secondary-injection gate orifice to form the first cavity and, at the time of secondary injection, said slide core moves away from the surface of aid fixed half to form a second cavity in between, the improvement comprising: riblike elevations formed on said slide core along the peripheries to define the first cavity and come in intimate contact at their tops with said fixed mold half, and a land projection formed on the inner side of said fixed mold half to be in contact with the surface of said slide core recess between said riblike elevations during the primary injection and forming part of the second cavity during the secondary injection, and the riblike elevations adapted to form grooves during the secondary injection.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 53 words
A mold according to claim 1 wherein the inner peripheral wall faces of said ribs on said slide core at the peripheral wall faces of said land projection of said fixed mold half are adapted to mate spaced apart to remain out of contact at the time of mold clamping during primary injection.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1991-02-22 1991-08-24 1992-02-23 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1995-02-22 1995-08-24 1996-02-23 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1999-02-22 1999-08-24 2000-02-23 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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