Patent ID: 6655947
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B29C,Y10S

Abstract:
Injection molding machine for the processing of plastics materials and other plasticizable substances comprising:an injection mold assembly, accommodated between mold carriers in a mold clamping area, an injection molding unit for injecting the plasticizable substances into a central mold cavity of the injection mold assembly along an axis of injection, a plasticizing cylinder accommodated in the injection molding unit, an injection nozzle at an end of the plasticizing cylinder facing the injection mold assembly, said nozzle is adjacent an injection opening in the injection mold assembly during an injection process, a protective cover for covering the injection nozzle in a protective position during the injection process, said cover can be transferred from and into the protective position guided in an axial manner substantially parallel to the axis of injection, wherein the protective cover has a lower section, on which an upper section is mounted so as to be pivotable around a pivotal axis which is disposed substantially parallel relative to the axis of injection, and the lower section and the upper section are transferable together from and into the protective position.