Patent ID: 6256881
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B29C,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of providing electrical connections between a molding press having a mold and a controller for operating the press; said method comprising the steps of:providing the mold with a plurality of recessed cavities in an outer wall of the mold of a predetermined size and shape;providing mold connectors having mold bodies which shaped and sized to it into the respective recessed cavities to provide standardized mold connectors for specific mold functions;providing electrical receptacles having contacts in the respective mold connectors with the mold connectors being coded to a specific function;providing a junction box with junction box connectors similarly coded as the mold connectors for the same respective functions; andconnecting detachable coded cables having coded plugs at each end thereof, each for plugging into a similarly coded mold connector and a junction box connector.