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Granted Patent B2
US 7,303,718 · App. 10/485,387 · Granted Dec 4, 2007

Injection molding apparatus and injection molding method

Assignee: Sony Disc & Digital Solutions Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,303,718
App. No.
10/485,387
Granted
Dec 4, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A space 12 is formed at a tip portion of a nozzle 1 so as to decrease a thermal transfer of the nozzle 1 . Alternatively, a center portion of one of a semi-spherically protruded surface of the tip portion of the nozzle 1 and a semi-spherically recessed surface of a sprue bush protrudes so that the radius of curvature of one semi-spherical surface is the same as the radius of curvature of the other semi-spherical surface. As a result, since the nozzle 1 and the sprue bush 2 are surface-contacted, heat of the tip portion of the nozzle 1 absorbed to the sprue bush 2 is increased. Thus, the temperature of the tip portion of the nozzle 1 can be lowered easily. After the resin material injected into the molding cavity 11 is cooled, when the sprue portion is removed from the fixed die, a tip portion of a rod-shaped protrusion portion of the sprue can be properly cut.

Claims (16)

1. An injection molding apparatus having a pair of dies, a bush, and a nozzle, the bush having a receiving portion formed in a semi-spherically recessed surface, the bush having an inner resin flow path through which resin is supplied to a cavity formed by the pair of dies, the nozzle having a tip portion formed as a semi-spherically protruded surface, the semi-spherically protruded surface of the tip portion of the nozzle including a resin injection hole and being press-contacted to the semi-spherically recessed surface of the receiving portion of the bush, molten resin being injected into the cavity through the nozzle and the bush,

wherein a center portion of the semi-spherically recessed surface of the receiving portion of the bush protrudes in a direction towards the nozzle as a protrusion portion, and

wherein the protrusion portion includes a semi-spherically recessed surface whose radius of curvature is the same as the radius of curvature of the semi-spherically protruded surface of the tip portion of the nozzle so that the inner resin flow path surface-contacts to only the periphery of the hole end of the resin injection hole.

2. An injection molding method for molding a molded product, comprising the steps of:

press-contacting a semi-spherically recessed surface of a receiving portion of a bush to a semi-spherically protruded surface of a tip portion of a nozzle, the semi-spherically protruded surface including a resin injection hole, a resin flow path being formed in a cavity formed by a pair of dies, resin being supplied to the cavity through the resin flow path; and

injecting molten resin into the cavity through the nozzle and the bush,

wherein a center portion of the semi-spherically recessed surface of the receiving portion of the bush protrudes in a direction towards the nozzle as a protrusion portion, and

wherein the protrusion portion includes a semi-spherically recessed surface whose radius of curvature is the same as the radius of curvature of the semi-spherically protruded surface of the tip portion of the nozzle so that the inner resin flow path surface-contacts to only the periphery of the hole end of the resin injection hole.

3. An injection molding apparatus having a pair of dies, a bush, and a nozzle, the bush having a receiving portion formed in a semi-spherically recessed surface, the bush having an inner resin flow path through which resin is supplied to a cavity formed by the pair of dies, the nozzle having a tip portion formed as a semi-spherically protruded surface, the semi-spherically protruded surface of the tip portion of the nozzle including a resin injection hole and being press-contacted to the semi-spherically recessed surface of the receiving portion of the bush, molten resin being injected into the cavity through the nozzle and the bush,

wherein a center portion of the semi-spherically protruded surface of the tip portion of the nozzle protrudes as a protrusion portion, and

wherein the protrusion portion includes a semi-spherically protruded surface whose radius of curvature is the same as the radius of curvature of the semi-spherically recessed surface of the receiving portion of the bush so that the inner resin flow path surface-contacts to only the periphery of the hole end of the resin injection hole.

4. An injection molding method for molding a molded product, comprising the steps of:

press-contacting a semi-spherically recessed surface of a receiving portion of a bush to a semi-spherically protruded surface of a tip portion of a nozzle, the semi-spherically protruded surface including a resin injection hole, a resin flow path being formed in a cavity formed by a pair of dies, resin being supplied to the cavity through the resin flow path; and

injecting molten resin into the cavity through the nozzle and the bush,

wherein a center portion of the semi-spherically protruded surface of the tip portion of the nozzle protrudes as a protrusion portion, and

wherein the protrusion portion includes a semi-spherically protruded surface whose radius of curvature is the same as the radius of curvature of the semi-spherically recessed surface of the receiving portion of the bush so that the inner resin flow path surface-contacts to only the periphery of the hole end of the resin injection hole.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 4, 2006
From: SONY DISC TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: SONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 017154/0974 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2004
From: KISHI, SHINSUKE; MATSUURA, OSAMU
To: SONY DISC TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 016052/0547 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-172619 · Jun 13, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040183231A1 · Sep 23, 2004