Patent ID: 9352502
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B29C

Claim Text:
1. A cooling system for an injection molding device, comprising: a cooling system inlet configured to receive coolant pumped into the cooling system inlet; a cooling system outlet configured to provide coolant pumped out of the cooling system outlet; a porous medium disposed within an injection molding device component, the injection molding device component comprising a mold wall and thermally coupled to a mold cavity formed when the injection molding device component is coupled to a reciprocal injection molding device component and configured to receive injected liquid plastic, the porous medium thermally coupled to the mold cavity via the mold wall; a porous medium inlet coupled to the cooling system inlet and the porous medium, the porous medium inlet configured to allow coolant to flow from the cooling system inlet and into the porous medium via the porous medium inlet; and a porous medium outlet coupled to the cooling system outlet, the porous medium outlet configured to allow coolant to flow from the porous medium and out of the cooling system outlet via the porous medium outlet, the porous medium inlet extending into the porous medium through a boundary between the porous medium outlet and the porous medium.