Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

Akinori Toyota

Akimasa Kaneishi

Kunio Yamazaki

Yoshiharu Ohtuki

A gas-feeding nozzle 10 for use in a mold 42 attached to an injection molding machine and for introducing a pressurized gas into a molten resin 60 injected into the cavity 48 of the mold, for producing a molded article having a hollow structure, the gas-feeding nozzle 10 comprising a non-return valve 12 provided at an outlet end of the gas-feeding nozzle 10 and a mechanism 14 for preventing the inflow of molten resin, the mechanism is provided upstream to the non-return valve 12 in the flow direction of the pressurized gas.

Gas-feeding nozzle

An injection-molded article of a thermoplastic resin having a base body defining an outer shape of the injection-molded article, a thick-wall portion rising from the base body, and a foot portion formed on the base body and at a foot of the thick-wall portion, the foot portion rising from the base portion, having a thickness which gradually increases toward the thick-wall portion, and having a (maximum thickness of the foot portion)/(width extending from the thick-wall portion to an end of the foot portion) ratio of 1/40 to 1/2, at least the thick-wall portion having a hollow portion.

Injection-molded article having high-quality appearance

A method for producing a handle-shaped molded article (1) having a thick grip portion (2) and at least one thick fitting portion (3) by injection molding using an injection molding apparatus (10) equipped with a mold having a cavity (60), a resin gate (46) provided in a portion (62) where the fitting portion is to be formed and a gas inlet (48) provided in a portion (64) where the grip portion is to be formed. A hollow structure (4) is formed in the grip portion (2) and a solid structure is formed in the fitting portion (3) by injecting a molten resin into the cavity (60) through the resin gate (46), thereby filling molten resin in a fitting portion-forming cavity zone formed of that portion (62) of the mold where the resin gate is provided and the fitting portion is to be formed and further filling molten resin in part of the rest of the cavity. A pressurized gas is introduced into the cavity (60) through the gas inlet (48) while maintaining an injection pressure, P, at a predetermined value, the injection pressure, P, being defined by

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