Patent ID: 7131625

Claim:
An ejector pin assembly for a mold comprising: (a) an ejector pin head that is receivable in an ejector plate assembly of the mold; (b) an ejector pin barrel including an end at which the ejector pin head is disposed; wherein the ejector pin head and ejector pin barrel are reciprocable relative to the mold; wherein the ejector pin head has a top surface, a bottom surface, a lengthwise extent greater than the width of the ejector pin barrel, a bore that extends through the top surface and bottom surface of the ejector pin head, a recessed land in one of the top surface and the bottom surface of the ejector pin head that encircles the through bore with the recessed land defined by a bottom wall and a sidewall extending outwardly from the bottom wall and having an arcuate portion and a straight portion; wherein the ejector pin barrel has a sidewall with a flat in it located adjacent the one end of the ejector pin barrel, with the end of the ejector pin barrel having an end wall that is received in the recessed land with the flat of the ejector pin barrel sidewall bearing against the straight portion of the recessed land sidewall opposing relative rotation between the ejector pin barrel and the ejector pin head, and the ejector pin has its other end disposed toward a cavity of the mold to eject a molded component from the mold; a fastener that extends through the through bore in the ejector pin head and into the one end of the ejector pin barrel fixing the ejector pin head to the ejector pin barrel such that the ejector pin barrel bears against the ejector pin head; and wherein the ejector pin head, the ejector pin barrel and the fastener are reciprocable in unison.