Patent ID: 6921257

Claim:
A nozzle for an injection molding apparatus, the injection molding apparatus having a mold component, the nozzle comprising: a nozzle body, said nozzle body defining a nozzle body melt passage therethrough, wherein said nozzle body melt passage is adapted to receive melt from a melt source; a heater that is thermally connected to said nozzle body for heating a melt in said nozzle body; a thermally conductive tip, said tip defining a tip melt passage therethrough, wherein said tip melt passage is downstream from and in fluid communication with the nozzle body melt passage, and said tip melt passage is adapted to be upstream from and in fluid communication with said gate; a thermally conductive tip surrounding piece that retains said tip in position with respect to the nozzle body and is removably attached to said nozzle body and a mold component contacting piece that is connected with respect to said nozzle body.