US 12,337,512 B2
Conveyance apparatus, injection molding system, and control method
Yuichi Yanahara, Moriyama (JP); Junko Tajima, Irvine, CA (US); and Yohei Minatoya, Bunkyo-ku (JP)
Assigned to Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US); and Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/611,498
Filed by Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US); and CANON U.S.A., INC., Melville, NY (US)
PCT Filed May 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/032755
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/236496, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/849,697, filed on May 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/849,625, filed on May 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212382 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 45/17 (2006.01); B29C 45/04 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/1756 (2013.01) [B29C 45/0408 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyance apparatus for conveying a mold into an injection molding machine comprising:
an actuator configured to convey the mold;
a frame of the conveyance apparatus; and
a supporting member fixed on the frame and configured to support the mold, wherein:
the mold includes a first part connected with the actuator and a second part, with a cavity formed between the first part and the second part,
a first clamping plate is fixed to the first part of the mold,
a second clamping plate is fixed to the second part of the mold,
the supporting member includes a first supporting member and a second supporting member,
the first supporting member is configured to support the first clamping plate,
the second supporting member is configured to support the second clamping plate,
a section of the second supporting member extends from the base-frame into the injection molding machine in a direction of movement of the mold, and
the second supporting member includes a mechanism for changing a position of the second supporting member relative to the frame in the direction of movement of the mold.