Patent ID: 7674105
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. Injection molding apparatus, comprising: at least first and second mold blocks, the first and second mold blocks together defining the surface of at least one article to be molded; the first mold block having a first, molding surface including a surface which defines a portion of the article to be molded and a second, opposed surface, the second surface having a periphery, the first mold block releasably mounted to a carrier plate, the carrier plate having a third surface adapted to be mated with the second surface of the first mold block, the third surface having a periphery, at least one remotely actuable fastener formed at a location in the second surface and at a corresponding location in the third surface both spaced from the respective peripheries of the second and third surfaces, so as to fasten the first mold block to the carrier plate; and a hot runner assembly having a fourth surface with a periphery, the second mold block having a fifth surface a portion of which defines a portion of the article to be molded and a sixth surface opposed to the fifth surface, the sixth surface of the second mold block adapted to be mated to the fourth surface of the hot runner assembly, at least one remotely actuable fastener formed at a location in the fourth surface and at a corresponding location in the sixth surface both spaced from the respective peripheries of the fourth and sixth surfaces in order to fasten the second mold block to the hot runner assembly.