Patent ID: 8282388
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: B29C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An injection molding system comprising an actuator, a mounting plate, a mold and a manifold mounted between the mounting plate and the mold, the mounting plate being removably assembled with the mold, the actuator comprising an actuating member reciprocally drivable along an axial path of travel and a housing removably assembled with the mounting plate; a valve pin coupled to a shaft of the actuator for movement of the valve pin together with movement of the actuating member, the valve pin comprising a pin stem and a pin connector; the actuator having an actuator coupling adapted to reversibly couple to and decouple from the pin connector in a radial direction relative to the axial path of travel, the pin stem extending from the actuator and mounted to the manifold when the housing of the actuator is assembled with the mounting plate and the pin connector is received within the actuator coupling; the actuator housing being mounted to the mounting plate and movable on or within the mounting plate for radial movement upon disassembly of the actuator housing from the mounting plate such that the pin connector is decouplable from the actuator coupling and the valve stem remains behind extending into the manifold upon said radial movement of the actuator housing on or within the mounting plate.