Patent ID: 7387506
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. A mold apparatus comprising: fixed molds adapted to be mounted on a fixed platen of a molding machine; movable molds that are mounted on a movable base which can be moved in a mold clamping direction in the molding machine and are one of rotatable and slidable in a plane perpendicular to the mold clamping direction, wherein the movable molds are moved into a mold clamping position where the movable molds are to be clamped respectively to the fixed molds by one of a rotation and sliding movement of the movable base, and the movable base is moved in the mold clamping direction, thereby clamping the movable molds to the fixed molds, respectively, wherein the movable mold includes a mold clamping guided portion, wherein the fixed mold includes a mold clamping guiding portion, and when the mold clamping guided portion is offset with respect to the mold clamping guiding portion in an arbitrary direction perpendicular to the mold clamping direction, the mold clamping guiding portion can be fitted to the mold clamping guided portion, and can guide the movable mold into a position where the movable mold coincides with the fixed mold, and wherein the movable mold includes a holding unit that holds the movable mold relative to the movable base so as to allow the movable mold to move in an arbitrary direction perpendicular to the mold clamping direction.