US 12,325,162 B2
Injection molding system with conveyor devices to insert or eject molds
Yuichi Yanahara, Moriyama (JP); Koki Kodaira, Tokyo (JP); Yohei Minatoya, Bunkyo-ku (JP); and Junko Tajima, Amsterdam (NL)
Assigned to Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US); and Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/602,264
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/US2020/027106
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/210259, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/832,703, filed on Apr. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161472 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 45/17 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/1756 (2013.01) [B29C 2045/1786 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An injection molding system comprising:
an injection molding apparatus configured to perform injection molding with at least one mold, the injection molding system including a cable carrier and a connector; and
a conveyor apparatus configured to move the at least one mold along a supporting plane in a predetermined direction, wherein:
the cable carrier is configured to cover a first cable connected to the at least one mold,
a shape of the cable carrier changes for guiding the first cable based on a movement of the at least one mold by the conveyor apparatus,
at least one of a first end of the cable carrier or a second end of the cable carrier are located below the supporting plane in a vertical direction perpendicular to the supporting plane,
the connector is configured to connect the first cable and a second cable, the connector being provided at a bottom portion of the conveyor apparatus, the bottom portion being below the supporting plane in the vertical direction, and
the first cable covered with the cable carrier is configured to extend inside the bottom portion of the conveyor apparatus, and is guided in the predetermined direction with the first cable being connected to the connector.