Patent ID: 7179081

Claim:
An injection molding apparatus comprising: a manifold having at least one manifold channel for receiving a melt stream of moldable material under pressure; a first nozzle having a first nozzle channel in fluid communication with the manifold channel; a second nozzle in fluid communication with the first nozzle, the second nozzle having a second nozzle channel; a nozzle link provided between the first nozzle and the second nozzle and having a nozzle link melt passage for fluidly coupling the first nozzle channel and the second nozzle channel, wherein the second nozzle is slidably removable from the first nozzle via the nozzle link; a plurality of gate seals coupled to a forward end of the second nozzle and having melt passages that radially extend from a forward end of the second nozzle channel.