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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Derek Robertson Mccready, Mississauga, CA;
Derek Robertson McCready, Mississauga, CA;
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., Bolton, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
There is provided a molding stack assembly () for producing a molded article (), the molded article () including a neck finish () which includes a support ledge (), the molded article () suitable for subsequent blow-molding into a final shaped container. The molding stack assembly () comprises a core insert (), a lock ring (), a split mold insert (), a cavity flange () and a cavity insert () for jointly defining, in use, a molding cavity () for forming the molded article (), the split mold insert () and the cavity flange () defining a split line () therebetween, the split line () being defined substantially along a portion of the support ledge (); a biasing member () disposed, in use, between the cavity flange () and the cavity insert (), the biasing member () being configured to: (a) under applied clamp force, to allow the cavity flange () to abut the cavity insert (); and (b) during initial stages of the mold operation to bias the cavity flange () away from the cavity insert ().