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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1977
Frank J Herdzina, Jr, Schaumburg, IL (US);
John J Lasch, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
American Can Company, Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
An injection molding apparatus for forming a molded sealing ring along a peripheral region of a disk-shaped closure insert for a container. Each cavity of a plural cavity injection mold is formed to receive a disk-shaped insert to which a sealing ring is to be molded. Detection means is provided to sense the number of inserts missing from the mold, and a spring loaded pin is operative automatically to close the corresponding gate for each cavity from which an insert is missing. The detection means is operable to signal a molding compound supply means to inject into the mold only that volume of compound required for a cavity or cavities in which an insert or inserts are present.
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