US 12,318,981 B2
Conveyance apparatus for conveying mold
Yuichi Yanahara, Moriyama (JP); Hiroyuki Katagiri, Gamou (JP); Hideo Matsumoto, Moriyama (JP); Nobunari Shimoe, Moriyama (JP); Jun Tainaka, Higasiomi (JP); and Mao Sato, Otsu (JP)
Assigned to Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US)
Appl. No. 17/928,910
Filed by Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US)
PCT Filed May 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/032940
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/247234, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/034,150, filed on Jun. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0226729 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 45/17 (2006.01); B29C 45/04 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/1756 (2013.01) [B29C 45/0433 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyance apparatus for conveying a mold into an injection molding machine, the conveyance apparatus comprising:
a frame forming a supporting plane for supporting the mold;
an actuator configured to move the mold along the supporting plane between a first position inside the injection molding machine and a second position different from the first position; and
a linking unit, wherein:
the actuator is installed below the supporting plane in a vertical direction,
the linking unit is configured to link the mold with the actuator to provide said movement,
the linking unit is connectable to a side surface of the mold, and
in a state where the linking unit is connected to the side surface of the mold with the mold arranged at the second position, at least a part of the actuator is closer to the injection molding machine than the side surface of the mold in a conveying direction of the mold between the first and second positions.