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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Shinya Itani, Zama, JP;
Kouichi Usami, Numazu, JP;
Hiroshi Yokoyama, Ebina, JP;
Makoto Tsuji, Yamato, JP;
Shinya Itani, Zama, JP;
Kouichi Usami, Numazu, JP;
Hiroshi Yokoyama, Ebina, JP;
Makoto Tsuji, Yamato, JP;
Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a mold clamping apparatus which has a space-saving apparatus construction and can easily carry out mold replacement. The mold clamping apparatus includes: a base; a fixed die plate, fixed on the base, for mounting a fixed mold thereto; a movable die plate, disposed opposite the fixed die plate and movably on the base, for mounting a movable mold thereto; a mold opening/closing means for moving the movable die plate closer to and away from the fixed die plate; a plurality of mold clamping cylinders provided in the fixed die plate; mold clamping pistons fit in the mold clamping cylinders; a plurality of tie bars, each detachably mountable at one end to each mold clamping piston and penetrating the movable die plate and extending; a coupling means for releasably coupling each tie bar to the movable die plate at a position as determined depending on the sum of the thickness of the fixed mold and the thickness of the movable mold; and a tie bar retreating means which, when the movable die plate is in a backward position to form a space for mold replacement operation, moves at least one of the plurality of tie bars, which obstructs the mold replacement operation, backward to a retreat position.