US 7,510,393 B2
Mold carrier plate
Pierre Glaesener, Bissen (Luxembourg); and Arnold Mai, Irrel (Germany)
Assigned to Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., Bolton, ON (Canada)
Filed on Feb. 09, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/673,268.
Prior Publication US 2008/0193585 A1, Aug. 14, 2008
Int. Cl. B29C 45/20 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 425—572 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mold carrier plate having opposing first and second sides, the mold carrier plate comprising:
a hot runner assembly located between the opposing first and second sides, the hot runner assembly including a central melt channel substantially parallel to the opposing first and second sides;
a female part of a hot runner adaptor interface fixedly positioned between the opposing first and second sides, the female part including a substantially transversely extending melt channel;
a male part of the hot runner adaptor interface having an axial channel therein, the male part fixedly coupled to the hot runner assembly such that the axial channel is in fluid communication with the central melt channel, wherein the male part is slideably engageable with the female part along sealing surfaces whereupon the axial channel internally aligns with the substantially transversely extending melt channel of the female part.