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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1992
Hisakazu Hirata, Nagano, JP;
Nissei Jushi Kogyo K.K., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A mold clamping apparatus for use in molding machines such as injection molding machines, diecasting machines and press molding machines. The mold clamping apparatus includes a base; a fixed panel and a movable panel disposed on the base and respectively supporting mold halves; a plurality of tie bars each having a screw shaft at one end thereof which passes through the movable panel; a plurality of clamping cylinders disposed on the fixed panel for clamping an other opposite end of the tie bars when the mold apparatus is in a closed position; a mechanism for moving the movable panel toward and away from the fixed panel; an adjusting mechanism, disposed on the movable panel, for simultaneously fixedly adjusting the axial position of the plurality of tie screws with respect to the movable panel such that the distance between the movable panel and the fixed panel when the mold apparatus is in the closed position can correspondingly be adjusted so as to accommodate molds of varying sizes.