Vertical injection molding machine

• US 4,902,220 A
• Filed: 06/29/1988
• Issued: 02/20/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AIDA Engineering Limited
• Original Assignee: AIDA Engineering Limited
• Inventors: Nakagawa, Tatsuzi
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Jay H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Heitbrink, Timothy W.
• Application Number:
  US07/219,157
• Time in Patent Office: 601 Days
• Field of Search: 425/574, 425/589, 425/590
• US Class Current: 425/574
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2045/073 pivotable horizontal injection unit with a nozzle pushed against a mould half
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/1773 Means for adjusting or displacing the injection unit into different positions, e.g. for co-operating with different moulds B29C45/1781 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/561 Injection-compression moulding

Abstract

A vertical injection molding machine having an upper die (26) and a lower die (27) which are adapted to be brought together in the vertical direction by the force produced by a die closing device. The injection molding machine has an injection unit 1 disposed below the lower die (27) and is hinged through a hinge shaft (36) to a truck (35) movable along rails (37), such that the injection unit 1 is swingable vertically about the axis of the hinge shaft (36). The vertical swinging motion of the injection unit 1 is effected by cylinders (38) connected to an injection head (2) of the injection unit (1). A compression forming cylinder device (70) is provided on the lower end of each of a plurality of tie-bars which are connected between the upper die (26) and the lower die (27). Each of the compression forming cylinder devices (70) operates to urge the upper die (26) upward away from the lower die (27 ) through a pressing member (68), thus creating a small clearance between the upper die (26) and the lower die (27) when these dies are held in the closing position by the force of a die closing device (3).

Claims

1. A vertical injection molding machine having a pair of dies and a die closing device for opening and closing said dies in a vertical direction, vertical injection molding machine comprising:

(a) frame means;

(b) an injection unit having an injection nozzle which faces said die closing device disposed in said frame means;

(c) means for shifting said injection unit to a predetermined position; and

(d) a link mechanism having a cylinder, said cylinder being connected to said frame means and said injection nozzle, said cylinder supporting said injection nozzle and moving said injection nozzle from said die closing device in cooperation with said shifting means, and said link mechanism further including link bars which guide said nozzle to move outside of said frame means.

2. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 1, wherein said injection unit is disposed below of said die closing device.

3. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 1, wherein said injection unit is swingably carried by said shifting means.

4. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 3, wherein said injection unit is hinged to said shifting means through a hinge shaft and is adapted to be swung by a cylinder about the axis of said hinge shaft.

5. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 4, wherein said cylinder is adapted to be extended and retracted hydraulically.

6. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 4, wherein said cylinder accommodates a spring which urges said cylinder in a retracting direction.

7. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 1, wherein said shifting means include a truck carrying said injection unit and rails along which said injection unit is moved.

8. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 7, wherein said rails are laid horizontally.

9. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 1, wherein said link bars are connected at their upper ends to said frame means and at their lower ends to said injection unit.

10. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 1, wherein said pair of dies include an upper die and a lower die, said lower die being supported by a platen, said platen including an aperture for receiving said injection unit.

11. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 10, wherein said aperture is enlarged at its portion nearest the outside of said frame means to allow said injection unit to move outside said frame means.

12. A vertical injection molding machine comprising:

(a) frame means;

(b) an upper die and a lower die which, when brought together, define a die cavity therebetween;

(c) a die closing device for causing relative vertical movement between said dies and having a movable platen supporting said upper die and a stationary platen supporting said lower die;

(d) an injection unit disposed below said die closing device;

(e) means for shifting said injection unit to the outside of said frame; and

(f) a compression forming cylinder device for forcibly creating a gap between said upper and lower dies under the influence of the die closing force produced by said die closing device, said compression forming cylinder device being provided coaxially in at least one tie bar between said upper and lower dies.

13. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 12, further comprising a link mechanism for moving said nozzle of said injection unit into and out of contact with said lower die.

14. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 13, wherein said link mechanism includes cylinders for moving said injection unit to a position where said nozzle can be inspected and maintained easily, and link bars which guide and limit the movement of said nozzle of said injection unit.

15. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 12, wherein said compression forming cylinder device has a piston chamber disposed coaxially with a tie-bar arranged between said movable platen and said stationary platen, a piston received in said piston chamber, and a pressing member connected at its one end to a movable member connected to said piston and at its other end to said upper die, said piston chamber being adapted to be supplied with pressurized oil when said upper die and lower dies have been brought together by the force of said die closing device, thereby causing said piston to move in such a direction as to enable said movable member to drive said upper die opposite to the die closing direction.

16. A vertical injection molding machine according to claim 15, wherein said pressing member extends through an aperture formed in said stationary platen.