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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Randall A. Hickman, Graytown, OH (US);
Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
Injection molding apparatus ( ) for molding a thermoplastic article (A) from a moldable thermoplastic material. The molding apparatus includes a core pin ( ) around which the article is formed in a cavity that is defined by separable mold halves ( ). Moldable thermoplastic material is introduced into the mold cavity, coaxially of the core pin, from an injection nozzle ( ) through a restricted passage or gate ( ). The nozzle seats solely in a radial extension ( ) of one of the mold halves, which is received in a recess ( ) of the other mold half when the mold halves are closed with respect to one another, and the gate extends solely through the extension ( ) of the mold half ( ).