Patent ID: 7223090
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: B05B,B29C

Abstract:
1. A device for producing a metering pump from plastic injection molded parts, comprising: an injection molding die for producing the injection molded parts, the injection molding die having a first mold half and a second mold half movable, with respect to the first mold half, between an open position and a closed position; an assembly platform which has an assembly holder for holding the injection molded parts and which is reconfigurable as to orientation of the assembly holder; a transverse slide connected to the assembly platform to move the assembly platform in between the mold halves of the injection molding die when the second mold half is in the open position; a first mold ejector disposed adjacent a first cavity of the second mold half to eject a first one of the injection molded parts from the first cavity; a second mold ejector disposed adjacent a second cavity of the second mold half to eject a second one of the injection molded parts from the second cavity; and a controller connected to control operation of the injection molding die, the assembly platform, and the first and second mold ejectors, and control the assembly platform in a first configured orientation to move via the transverse slide between the mold halves when the second mold half is in the open position such that the assembly holder is vertically below the first cavity of the second mold half, control the first mold ejector to eject a first one of the injection molded parts from the first cavity and insert the first one of the injection molded parts into the assembly holder, control, after the insertion of the first one of the injection molded parts into the assembly holder, the assembly platform to move via the transverse slide away from the injection molding die, control the second mold half to move into the closed position for the injection mold die to produce additional injection molded parts, control the second mold half to move back into the open position, control the assembly platform to reconfigure into a second configured orientation, control the assembly platform in the second configured orientation to move via the transverse slide between the mold halves such that the assembly holder is vertically below a second cavity of the second mold half, and control the second mold ejector to eject the second one of the injection molded parts from the second cavity and insert the second one of the injection molded parts into the assembly holder and plug the second one of the injection molded parts into the first one of the injection molded parts.