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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:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glen D. Hendrickson, Amboy, WA (US);
Lloyd Booth, Woodland, WA (US);
Larry R. Sarkinen, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Assignee:
WBNL DBA AIMMCO, Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/300 ; B29C 3/304 ; B29C 4/517 ; B29C 4/540 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/300 ; B29C 3/304 ; B29C 4/517 ; B29C 4/540 ;
Abstract
A generic mold base for an injection molding machine to permit the production of multiple parts from the same mold base. The mold base has mold insert receiving sections in which the mold insert sections are removably mounted. The mold insert sections are held in position by tapered wedges. Multiple sprue openings are provided in the upper mold base section to accommodate different mold insert designs. Accessability openings are provided in each mold base section to accommodate different water passage designs of different mold inserts.