Patent ID: 8277708

Claim:
A mechanical thickness regulator for a compression mold having first and second elements and defining a compression mold cavity therebetween, the first element having a recess that communicates with the compression mold cavity, the mechanical thickness regulator comprising: a thickness regulator pin positioned within the recess of the first element of the compression mold, the thickness regulator pin having a cavity end face that is extended toward the compression mold cavity to define a surface of the compression mold cavity; a biasing means positioned within the recess of the first element of the compression mold that causes the thickness regulator pin to extend; a tip that has a first end that contacts the cavity end face of the thickness regulator pin and a second end that contacts a cavity surface of the second element of the compression mold; and, wherein the tip maintains a constant distance between the cavity end face of the thickness regulator pin and the cavity surface of the second element of the compression mold to control the thickness between the end face of the thickness regulator pin and the cavity surface of the second element of the compression mold of an associated part compression molded in the compression mold cavity.