Patent ID: 7470123

Claim:
An injection molding nozzle with a nozzle head ( 11 ) including at least one discharge opening ( 1 ) leading to a mold for injecting mold material into the mold and forming therein a molded body, a positively controlled closure element ( 2 ) movably supported in the nozzle head ( 11 ) for closing a communication opening in an injection mold ( 4 ), and means for moving the closure element into the communication opening ( 3 ) to a closing position fully filling out the communication opening ( 3 ) so as to displace any mold material from the communication opening ( 3 ) and for moving the closure element ( 2 ) out of the communication opening ( 3 ) into a fully retracted position and a short stroke return element ( 5 ) for displacing the closure element ( 2 ) in a direction opposite to the closing movement direction ( 6 ) thereof out of the closing position by a predetermined short stroke distance after solidification of a molding material injected into the mold to permit scratch-free removal of the molded body from the mold.