Patent ID: 7661952

Claim:
A hot runner device for discharging supplied molten material to a resin inlet of a mold, comprising: a hot runner body comprising an inlet opening into which the molten material is supplied, an outlet opening from which the molten material is discharged, and a flow passage, wherein the inlet opening is formed at one end, and the outlet opening is formed at the other end, and the flow passage connects the inlet opening and the outlet opening, and a drive mechanism for driving the hot runner body in a manner that enables the outlet opening to make contact with the resin inlet of each of a plurality of molds whose resin inlets are disposed at different positions, wherein the hot runner body can rotate in its axial direction, the outlet opening is disposed at a part other than a rotative axis of the hot runner body, and the drive mechanism is provided with a means for rotating the hot runner body in the axial direction, and wherein the hot runner body can move with respect to a mold platen or the mold in a direction towards and away from the resin inlet of the mold.