US 12,285,893 B2
Injection molding system with conveyor devices to insert or eject molds
Yuichi Yanahara, Moriyama (JP); Koki Kodaira, Tokyo (JP); Hideo Matsumoto, Kusatsu (JP); Nobunari Shimoe, Kusatsu (JP); Hiroyuki Katagiri, Kusatsu (JP); Tomoaki Ikeguchi, Kusatsu (JP); Junko Tajima, Amsterdam (NL); and Kenta Inaba, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US); and Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/602,253
Filed by Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US); and CANON U.S.A., INC., Melville, NY (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/027102
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/210256, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/832,732, filed on Apr. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0193962 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 45/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/10 (2006.01); B29C 45/66 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/0408 (2013.01) [B29C 45/10 (2013.01); B29C 45/66 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An injection molding system comprising:
at least two molds;
an injection molding machine;
at least one conveyor device configured to convey the at least two molds to/from the injection molding machine;
a linking unit configured to connect the at least two molds, wherein the linking unit comprises a first connection member for connecting to a first mold of the at least two molds and a second connection member for connecting to a second mold of the at least two molds,
wherein, with the first mold connected to the first connection member and the second mold connected to the second connection member, movement of the linking unit moves both the first mold and the second mold,
wherein the first connection member includes a slit configured to receive an attachment member for connecting the linking unit and the first mold, and
wherein the slit includes a shape such that a connection between the linking unit and the first mold established by the attachment member is released based on movement of the first connection member.