Patent ID: 8215941

Claim:
Interchangeable support system for multi-component molds, used for the manufacture of multi-component plastic parts, that can be installed in any conventional injection molding machine, accommodate different stack molds and allows not only rapid change of molds, but also move easily from one injection machine to another, characterized for having an Interchangeable support ( 13 ), to append on one of the platens of the clamping unit of an existing conventional injection molding machine, comprising two fixed plates ( 9 and 15 ) parallel between each other, at a 90 degree angle to the Interchangeable support ( 13 ), fixed through a set of fitting devices ( 10 and 14 ), with the ability to change space between each other, so they could be adapted to the height of a central stack mold ( 4 ), a set of sliding plates ( 6 and 18 ), attached on the fixed plates ( 9 and 15 ) through a set of guide ways ( 5 and 16 ), operated by a set of two cylinders ( 8 and 23 ), allowing the longitudinal movement; and a set of two rotating support plates ( 7 and 17 ) attached on the sliding plates ( 6 and 18 ), actioned by a motor and a gear-drive ( 20 ), wherein the central stack mold ( 4 ) is mounted, a frontal mold ( 12 ) is mounted on the inner side of the interchangeable support ( 13 ), and a rear mold ( 2 ) is mounted on an opposite platen of the clamping unit of the conventional injection molding machine.