Injection mold and partial compression molding method

• US 7,722,792 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2008
• Issued: 05/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Arai, Takashi, Uezaki, Teruaki, Iitsuka, Yoshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): HEITBRINK, JILL LYNNE
• Application Number:
  US12/022,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20080185747A1
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 264/328.7, 264/328.11, 264/328.12, 425/555, 425/556
• US Class Current: 264/328.7
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/0025 Preventing defects on the moulded article, e.g. weld lines, shrinkage marks preventing defects on the preformed parts or layers B29C45/14836
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/561 Injection-compression moulding
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/572 using movable mould wall or runner parts

Abstract

In an injection mold, a compression pin is placed at a cavity surface by the pressing force of a biasing member, and is moved rearward by the pressure of filled resin so as to form a compression boss. After the completion of filling, the compression boss is compressed by the compression pin.

Claims

1. An injection mold comprising:

a stationary mold section;

a movable mold section disposed opposite to the stationary mold section, with a cavity formed between the movable mold section and the stationary mold section;

a compression pin extending through the movable mold section and having a front end face that forms a part of a cavity surface;

a biasing member providing a biasing force against the compression pin, wherein the front end face of the compression pin can retreat from the cavity by pressure of resin filling the cavity and forming a compression boss; and

a driving unit configured to advance the retreating front end face of the compression pin toward the cavity to compress the formed compression boss before cavity opening, with the driving unit independent from the biasing member.

2. The injection mold according to claim 1, further comprising:

an ejector pin and an ejector plate configured to push out an article molded in the cavity.

3. The injection mold according to claim 2, wherein the compression pin has a flange portion, and the flange portion is movably stored in a large-diameter opening provided in the ejector plate.

4. The injection mold according to claim 3, wherein the front end face of the compression pin is pushed toward the cavity by biasing the flange portion by the biasing member.

5. The injection mold according to claim 1, wherein the biasing member includes a spring or an elastic member.

6. A partial compression molding method comprising the steps of:

forming a surface of a cavity by a stationary mold section, a movable mold section, and a front end face of a compression pin;

filling the cavity with molten resin;

forming a compression boss by causing the front end face of the compression pin to retreat, against a biasing member, from the cavity surface by the pressure of the filled resin; and

compressing the compression boss by advancing the compression pin toward the cavity with a driving unit after filling of the resin is completed and before cavity opening, wherein the driving unit is independent from the biasing member.