Patent ID: 9073249
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. An actuator for an injection mold, the actuator comprising: a housing defining an arcuate channel that extends within said housing between a first end and a second end; a projection slidingly received in said arcuate channel such that said projection is rotatably supported by said housing and is movable between an extended state and a retracted state, said projection having a first end and a second end opposite said first end; a cam adjacent said housing, said housing and said cam being operable to translate relative to one another; and at least one link extending between and pivotally coupled to said projection and said cam that cooperates with said cam to selectively move said projection between said extended state and said retracted state relative to said housing, wherein said second end of said projection projects outwardly from said second end of said arcuate channel in said extended state, and wherein said second end of said projection is retracted into said arcuate channel in said retracted state.