Patent ID: 7052270
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K

Abstract:
1. An injection molding machine, comprising: a mold cavity half having a plurality of mold cavities; a mold core half having a plurality of mold cores corresponding to said plurality of mold cavities; mold movement structure for causing relative movement between said mold cavity half and said mold core half to cause a plurality of molded articles to be extracted from said plurality of mold cavities during each of a plurality of mold cycles; a cooling device movable with respect to said mold core half and having a plurality of cooling tubes to hold the plurality of molded articles extracted from said plurality of mold cavities; and cooling device movement structure coupled to said cooling device and configured to maintain the plurality of molded articles in said plurality of cooling tubes for a time period exceeding two of the mold cycles.