Patent ID: 8241032

Claim:
A manifold for an injection molding apparatus, comprising: a manifold defining: an inlet, wherein the inlet is in a first plane; an inlet channel extending from the inlet and having a downstream end in a second plane; a plurality of primary melt channels extending from the downstream end of the inlet channel, wherein each of the plurality of primary melt channels extends in the second plane in a direction perpendicular to the inlet channel; and a plurality of secondary melt channels branching from a downstream end of at least one of the plurality of primary melt channels, wherein each of the plurality of secondary melt channels extends in the second plane; and a melt splitter positioned within the manifold, wherein the melt splitter includes a plurality of flow paths defined in an exterior surface of a body portion thereof, wherein each of the flow paths has a path inlet that is fluidly connected with the at least one of the plurality of primary melt channels and a path outlet that is fluidly connected to one of the plurality of secondary melt channels branching from the downstream end of the at least one of the plurality of primary melt channels.