Patent ID: 7491051

Claim:
A mold clamping apparatus comprising: a fixed platen fixed to a base, a movable platen arranged, being opposed to said fixed platen, to be movable forward and backward, a plurality of tie bars making said fixed platen and movable platen linkable to each other, a mold clamping means causing a tensile force to act on said tie bars to clamp together a mold comprising a fixed mold fitted to said fixed platen and a movable mold fitted to said movable platen and a side pusher comprising a pair of supports respectively arranged between adjacent two tie bars out of said plurality of tie bars at positions symmetrical to each other and slidably supported to said tie bars, a moving and positioning means linking said supports to said fixed platen or movable platen and moving said supports to be positioned at a predetermined position and a lateral clamping means provided on each of said pair of supports to push a side face of said fixed mold or movable mold.