Insert molding apparatus and method
CA 2408092 A1 · Owner: Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc. · Inventors: Fisher, Randall K.; Davis, John W.; Noble, Joseph Jr.
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An apparatus for making a molded article containing an insert includes an upper, mold half and a lower mold half for mating with the upper mold half to provide a mold, cavity therein. Either mold half can include a recess an elevator opening in , a lower, portion of the recess and an inwardly directed lip at an upper portion of the elevator, opening. An elevator mechanism is provided which includes a lifter for supporting an, insert to be secured to the article during a molding-operation and a lifting , arrangement for, raising and lowering the lifter through the elevator opening such that a peripheral edge of, the insert supported on the lifter is clamped between the lifter and the …
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- Filed October 15, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 15, 2022.
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