Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus – Control means responsive to or actuated by means sensing or... – Temperature control
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-21
2007-08-21
Heitbrink, Tim (Department: 1722)
Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus
Control means responsive to or actuated by means sensing or...
Temperature control
C425S144000, C425S145000, C425S149000, C425S542000, C425S564000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10871570
ABSTRACT:
A control module is attached to a machine platen of an injection molding machine. The control module is coupled to at least one sensor that reports a value of a processing condition associated with an injection mold and is disposed within the injection mold. The control module is also coupled to at least one controllable device that varies the processing condition of the injection mold and is disposed within the injection mold. The control module collects and processes sensor output, and provides a control signal to at least one controllable device. A display interface module is linked to the control module. The display interface module accepts user-entered data set-points, provides the user-entered data set-points to the control module, and collects the processed sensor output from the control module for display to a user.
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Nguyen James
Olaru George
Heitbrink Tim
Mold-Masters Limited
Ridout & Maybee LLP
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