Patent ID: 7604477

Claim:
A mold carrier having: a first external surface and a second external surface being located opposite the first external surface, arranged to mount, in use, mold halves; a main hot runner channel; first and second hot runner nozzles in a back-to-back configuration, the first and second hot runner nozzles having bases and connected to the main hot runner channel to receive, in use, molten plastic therefrom, the first and second hot runner nozzles each having a substantially planar sealing surface configured to provide an interface, in use, to a substantially planar interface surface in the mold halves; and sprue bushings being received in the mold halves; and mold locating rings being received by the first external surface and the second external surface, the mold locating rings being configured to locate and position the mold halves relative to the first and second hot runner nozzles and of the sprue bushings, and the mold locating rings aligning and locating with a selected one of the mold halves so that the first and second hot runner nozzles may touch the sprue bushings.