Patent ID: 6126429
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B29C,Y10S

Abstract:
A slide retainer and position sensing device for a mold having first and second mold halves advanceable toward and away from each other, at least one of the mold halves having a slide plate and a slide, in which a portion of a mold cavity is formed, attached thereto; said slide sliding laterally inwardly and outwardly on the slide plate as the mold halves are drawn together or pulled apart, the slide retainer and position sensing device comprising:a) a locking member secured to a first of said slide or said slide plate;b) a receiver formed in a second of said slide or said slide plate and positioned to receive said locking member when said slide is advanced outward to an open alignment as the mold halves are opened, to prevent further movement of the slide relative to the slide plate until the mold halves are drawn together again; andc) a switch recessed in said slide or said slide plate and positioned relative to said locking member or said receiver such that advancement of said locking member into said receiver changes the condition of said switch.