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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
Abdeslam Bouti, Swanton, VT (US);
Stephen Linwood Gray, Cambridge, VT (US);
Thomas Andrew Lawrence, Burlington, VT (US);
Abdeslam Bouti, Swanton, VT (US);
Stephen Linwood Gray, Cambridge, VT (US);
Thomas Andrew Lawrence, Burlington, VT (US);
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., Bolton, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Disclosed is a safety connector () for a hot runner () having a valve stem () and an actuation assembly (), the safety connector () including: a shear member () releasably interlocking the valve stem () with the actuation assembly (), once the shear member () has interlocked the valve stem () with the actuation assembly (), the valve stem () becomes movable in response to movement of the actuation assembly (), and the shear member () being configured to shear destructively, and responsive to a predetermined undesired force acting on the shear member (), the shear member () shears and the valve stem () becomes released from the actuation assembly ().