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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1994
Kazuki Kuse, Toyama, JP;
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vertical-type injection molding machine comprising a lower fixed mold half mounted on a machine base, an upper movable mold half situated upwardly of the lower fixed mold half in confronting relationship therewith, and a material reservoir for storing a cleaning material and a various kinds of molding materials individually. The material reservoir has a switching device for switching one kind of molding material over another. The injectin molding machine also comprises an injector having a nozzle, an injection cylinder, and a molding material supply unit connected to the switching device via a material supply pipe, a device for opening and closing a tip of said nozzle during the switching of the molding materials, and a discharged material receiving device reciprocatingly movable between a position right under the nozzle tip and a position right above a material discharge portion on the side of said upper movable mold half and adapted to be inverted by 180.degree..