Patent ID: 6896508

Claim:
A mold closing device for an injection molding machine for plastics, the mold closing device comprising: a movable tool clamping plate ( 12 ) having a first side opposedly oriented to a fixed tool clamping plate ( 11 ) for cooperatively mating tool halves with the fixed tool clamping plate ( 11 ) and having a second side distal from the fixed tool clamping plate ( 11 ), said movable tool clamping plate ( 12 ) mounted on a machine slide connected to a first and a second guide shoe for traversing in an axial direction at least two guide rails ( 13 , 14 ) associated with a respective edge of said movable tool clamping plate ( 12 ); two bending elements ( 31 , 32 ), each of said bending elements ( 31 , 32 ) connecting a corner of the second side of said movable tool clamping plate ( 12 ) to one of said guide shoes ( 13 , 14 ) cooperating with one of the guide rails ( 13 , 14 ), each bending element ( 26 , 27 ) being rigid in a direction perpendicular to the respective guide rail ( 13 , 14 ) and including a bending region ( 33 , 34 ) having a predeterminable elasticity in an axial direction to absorb a closing force.