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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
May. 15, 2002
William E. Chapplear, Dayton, OH (US);
Kevin R. Harrison, New Madison, OH (US);
Andrew J. Moorhead, Mississauga, CA;
Charles A. Webster, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
William E. Chapplear, Dayton, OH (US);
Kevin R. Harrison, New Madison, OH (US);
Andrew J. Moorhead, Mississauga, CA;
Charles A. Webster, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Accurate Mold USA, Ltd., Vandalia, OH (US);
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Montgomery, PA (US);
Abstract
A staged, sequentially separated injection mold () for forming a container spout () having a peripheral flange (), a generally cylindrical sidewall (), a removable panel () fixed within the sidewall, and a pull ring () connected to the removable panel. The mold includes a base (), and a first element () coupled to the base including a gate (). A core plate () movable with respect to the base, and a core element () confronting the first mold element. A sleeve () surrounds the core element having a channel () to define the pull ring. The sleeve moves with respect to the core element to permit release of a molded pull ring. A stripper ring () surrounds the sleeve with an edge () positioned contiguous to the sleeve outward facing surface, the stripper ring being movable along the sleeve.