Patent ID: 7048535

Claim:
A molding machine having a movable mold support apparatus on which a movable mold is mounted, the movable mold support apparatus moved by a load that is based on a driving force generated by a driving part and that is transmitted by a toggle mechanism, the movable mold support apparatus comprising: a mold mounting plate having a mold mounting surface on which the movable mold is mounted; a first load receiving part and a second load receiving part that receive the load transmitted by the toggle mechanism; and at least one load transmit member having a first end connected to both the first load receiving part and the second load receiving part and a second end connected in a vicinity of a center of a rear surface of the mold mounting plate opposite from the mold mounting surface of the mold mounting plate so that a direction of a force that is caused by the load received by the first load receiving part and the second load receiving part is changed to an advancing direction of the movable mold support apparatus and the force is transmitted to the rear surface of the mold mounting plate, wherein a first distance in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the movable mold support apparatus between a center of the mold mounting plate and a position of the second end of the at least one load transmit member is shorter than a second distance in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the movable mold support apparatus between the center of the mold mounting plate and a position of the first end of the at least one load transmit member, wherein plate thicknesses in the vicinity of the center of the rear surface of the mold mounting plate are greater than plate thicknesses at any other position on the rear surface of the mold mounting plate and wherein the vicinity of the center does not include the perimeter of the plate.