Patent ID: 6814566
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: A63H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A mold for molding a part, said mold comprising:two plates forming a shared cavity for molding said part; two pins being situated in said cavity when said mold is closed, each of said plates including a hole for providing therein a limited travel for one of said pins, each of said pins having a protusion effective for molding respective first and second undercut regions in said part molded in said cavity, each of said holes enabling said mold to partially open without pulling said pins from said undercut regions until said part has been released from the cavity; and means for pulling said pins from said undercut regions after said part has been released from the hold of the mold cavity, said means responsive to a complete opening of said mold; wherein, when the mold is closed, said pins abut with each other between the first undercut region and the second undercut region and align with each other to form a single bore in said molded part; and wherein said part is retained on said first pin after leaving the first plate for further mold release and on said second pin after leaving the second plate before being ejected from said mold.