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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
Paul R. Blais, South Burlington, VT (US);
Edward Joseph Jenko, Essex, VT (US);
John Knapp, Jeffersonville, VT (US);
Martin H. Baumann, Burlington, VT (US);
Manon Danielle Belzile, Fairfield, VT (US);
James Osborne Plumpton, Enosburg Falls, VT (US);
Patrice Fabien Gaillard, Milton, VT (US);
Paul R. Blais, South Burlington, VT (US);
Edward Joseph Jenko, Essex, VT (US);
John Knapp, Jeffersonville, VT (US);
Martin H. Baumann, Burlington, VT (US);
Manon Danielle Belzile, Fairfield, VT (US);
James Osborne Plumpton, Enosburg Falls, VT (US);
Patrice Fabien Gaillard, Milton, VT (US);
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., Bolton, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Disclosed, amongst other things, is a melt distribution apparatus of a hot runner and a related method for balancing melt flow to a plurality of drops. The melt distribution apparatus includes a plurality of chokes with each choke of the plurality of chokes being associated with a corresponding one of a drop of a plurality of drops. Each choke of the plurality of chokes being configured to contribute, during an injection of a molding material therethrough, a choke melt-pressure loss such that the plurality of chokes contribute an aggregate choke melt-pressure loss that is generally between 10% and 75% of an aggregate hot runner melt-pressure loss.