Patent ID: 7104466

Claim:
An injection molding nozzle ( 1 , 1 ′) comprising a nozzle body ( 2 , 2 ′) having a passage ( 11 , 11 ′) with a nozzle opening 910 , 10 ′), a thermoelement ( 3 , 3 ′) disposed on the nozzle body ( 2 , 2 ′) and a clamping sleeve ( 4 , 4 ′) movably disposed on the nozzle body ( 2 , 2 ′) and having at the interior wall thereof a cavity ( 5 , 5 ′) with an access opening ( 6 , 6 ′), which is sized so as to accommodate the thermoelement ( 3 ) and through which the thermoelement can be inserted into the cavity ( 5 , 5 ′), said cavity having a radially outer wall which is inclined so as to form a ramp on the outer cavity wall of the sleeve whereby, by movement of the clamping sleeve ( 4 , 4 ′) relative to the thermoelement, the thermoelement ( 3 , 3 ′) is biased into firm contact with the nozzle body ( 2 , 2 ′).