IP Library Granted Patent US 9,080,651
Granted Patent B2
US 9,080,651 · App. 14/322,305 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Drive apparatus for driving a worm of an injection molding machine

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Patent No.
US 9,080,651
App. No.
14/322,305
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Drive apparatus ( 1, 101 ), in particular for driving a worm of an injection molding machine, which worm is arranged coaxially with respect to an injection molding cylinder, having a housing ( 9, 109 ) which is mounted such that it can be displaced in an axial direction of the housing ( 9, 109 ) and is fixed rotationally, an output shaft ( 21, 121 ) which is mounted non-displaceably and rotatably in the housing ( 9, 109 ), a rotational drive ( 5 ) which is arranged in the housing ( 9, 109 ) for the rotational drive of the output shaft ( 21, 121 ), and a translatory drive ( 3 ) which is arranged in the housing ( 9, 109 ) for the translatory drive of the housing ( 9, 109 ).

Claims (15)

1. A drive apparatus for driving a worm of an injection molding machine, which worm is arranged coaxially with respect to an injection molding cylinder, comprising:

(a) a housing which is mounted such that it can be displaced in an axial direction of the housing and is fixed rotationally;

(b) an output shaft which is mounted non-displaceably and rotatably in the housing;

(c) a rotational drive which is arranged in the housing for the rotational drive of the output shaft; and

(d) a translatory drive which is arranged in the housing for the translatory drive of the housing,

wherein the translatory drive comprises a spindle rotor which interacts with a spindle shaft, the spindle shaft is mounted in a rotationally fixed and axially non-displaceable manner.

2. A drive apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational drive comprises a rotational stator which is connected to the housing in a fixed manner, and the translatory drive comprises a translatory stator which is connected to the housing in a fixed manner.

3. A drive apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the spindle shaft is arranged at least partially coaxially within the spindle rotor.

4. A drive apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the spindle shaft is hollow throughout and at least part of the output shaft is arranged coaxially within the spindle shaft.

5. A drive apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is mounted displaceably on the spindle shaft with an anti-rotation safeguard.

6. A drive apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational drive comprises a rotor which is coupled to the output shaft in a fixed manner.

7. A drive apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the rotor and/or the spindle rotor is hollow.

8. A drive apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the spindle rotor is mounted rotatably at a first axial end partially within the rotor.

9. A drive apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the spindle shaft is mounted in a rotationally fixed and axially non-displaceable manner with respect to a housing of an injection molding machine.

10. A drive apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the drive apparatus comprises a worm of an injection molding machine, wherein the worm is arranged coaxially with respect to an injection molding cylinder.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 18, 2016
From: WITTENSTEIN AG
To: WITTENSTEIN SE
Reel/Frame 040650/0801 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2014
From: SCHWARZBACH, MICHAEL; UHL, DIETER
To: WITTENSTEIN AG
Reel/Frame 033477/0902 →