Injection molding form and process for producing hollow parts

Details Injection molding form and process for producing hollow parts Injection molding form and process for producing hollow parts

1999-05-11

2001-03-20

Heitbrink, Jill L. (Department: 1732)

Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes

Mechanical shaping or molding to form or reform shaped article

Shaping against forming surface

C264S328800, C264S328120, C425S577000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06203745

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an injection molding form and to a process for producing closed or open hollow bodies of plastic according to the preamble of the main claim as well as the preamble of the accompanying process claim.
An injection molding form for producing closed or open hollow bodies of rubber or rubber-like synthetic resin is disclosed in DE-OS 21 13 628. In this form the core is supported by a retractable movable stop. The injection of the rubber or rubber-like material takes place at the support point. The mouth of the injection passage into the mold cavity is disposed in the area of the movable stop, for example in the form of an annular groove encompassing the free stop end within the bore in the corresponding molding. A disadvantage of this injection molding form consists in the fact that the local thickening formed by filling the freed opening in the core must then be removed again. This necessitates a subsequent mechanical processing step.
Furthermore, DE-GM 86 22 028 discloses an apparatus for holding cores in a casting mold. This apparatus provided that spacers be disposed which fix the core in the casting mold. These spacers are rings which surround the core or ring segments which partially surround it, which are in contact with the inner wall of the casting mold cavity and are composed of a thermoplastic synthetic resin whose melting range is the same as that of the encompassing material. A disadvantage of the arrangement of rings is that they must first be pushed onto the core, and especially in the case of irregularly shaped cores this is not possible without additional work. Moreover, these rings remain in the plastic molding which is subsequently formed and constitute a weak point since the bond between the ring and the injection molded material is not assured.
Also disclosed in DE-OS 39 20 100 is a process and an apparatus for the injection molding of a box-like container in whose wall cavities are provided running perpendicular to its standing surface. To form the cavities, elongated spars are provided in the apparatus which are supported by longitudinally movable pins to stabilize their position. To prevent holes from remaining in the completed container the pins are drawn away from the spars in accordance with the level of the injection pressure prevailing in their vicinity which changes as the level of the plastic present in their area increases, until their ends are flush with the surface of the part of the apparatus out of which they protrude. A disadvantage of this process is that, after the pins are withdrawn, the position of the core can change. The pins thus do not assure a uniform plastic structure.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention is therefore addressed to the problem of avoiding the aforementioned disadvantages and providing an apparatus as well as a process for the production of closed or open hollow bodies of synthetic resin, wherein post-treatment of the injection molding is unnecessary, and furthermore the core remains in its correct position until the end of the injection molding process.
Setting out from the preambles of the parallel independent claims, this problem is solved by their characterizing features. The substantial advantage of the invention is that an injection molding form is created which is provided at the critical points with movable stops for supporting the core of the mold, while at the same time a second injection passage is provided in these critical areas.
According to the process, first the cavities situated between the respective supporting elements are filled through a first injection passage. Since the core is supported any shifting of the core is not possible. Not until these cavities are nearly filled up and form a certain stabilization of the core, the stops are retracted and the rest of the cavity is filled through the second injection passage. Thus no local thickening occurs, and also the finished synthetic resin part contains no weak points in the form of inserts.
In one embodiment of the invention, both several first injection passages and several second injection passages are provided. The first injection passages are advantageously arranged in the area of outside radii of the cavity structure, and the second injection passages are situated at the movable stops.
These and other features of preferred embodiments of the invention will be found not only in the claims but also in the description and drawings.
The invention will be explained hereinafter with reference to a working embodiment.


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