Patent ID: 7484948

Claim:
An injection molding machine, comprising: a clamping unit having platens in axial spaced-apart relationship for support of molding tools in one to-one correspondence to provide at least two different cavities; a first plasticizing unit constructed to convert plastic material into plastic melt for injection of plastic melt into one of the cavities; a second plasticizing unit having a plasticizing cylinder and constructed to convert plastic material into plastic melt for injection of plastic melt into another one of the cavities; a mounting received by one of the platens and carrying the second plasticizing unit in a vertical orientation, wherein the plasticizing cylinder of the second plasticizing unit is arranged at an axial distance to an outer end face of the clamping unit; and a melt deflection device connected to the second plasticizing unit for deflection of plastic melt, produced by the second plasticizing unit, through the one platen and the molding tool supported thereon into the other one of the cavities.