Patent ID: 8113819
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. A back-up device ( 50 , 150 , 250 , 350 ) that is configured to provide a structural support, in use, between a manifold ( 14 , 214 , 314 ) and a housing member ( 12 ) within a melt distribution apparatus ( 10 , 110 , 210 , 310 ) of an injection molding system, the back-up device ( 50 , 150 , 250 , 350 ) being associated, in use, with a valve-gate apparatus ( 30 , 130 , 230 , 330 ) within a nozzle drop ( 16 , 116 , 216 , 316 ), the back-up device ( 50 , 150 , 250 , 350 ) comprising: a cold-side member ( a hot-side member ( the first material being more thermally conductive than the second material; the cold-side member ( the hot-side member ( the hot-side member ( wherein the hot-side member (