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Mold tooling for the manufacture of thermoplastic parts
Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
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Filing: 1982-03-17
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Granted: 1983-05-17
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Expires: 2002-03-17
Abstract
Abstract The invention contemplates mold tooling adapted for the molding of a variety of thermoplastic parts. The mold comprises two die elements which carry die-insert plugs, and the mutually facing surfaces of these plugs determine the shape of the part to be produced. In order to retain the insert plugs (3, 4) in the die elements (1, 2) in such manner that they can be simply and easily replaced, that surface (7, 8) of an insert plug (3, 4) which faces its supporting die element (1, 2), and that surface (5, 6) of the supporting die element (1, 2) which serves to receive the involved insert plug (3, 4), are developed as polished spherical surfaces of the same radius R N . Each interchangeable insert plug has a spherical seating surface of the same spherical radius R N .
Inventors
- 👤 Albert Kreuttner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 03:42
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29D; B29D11/00; B29D11/00009; B29C; B29C33/00; B29C33/30; B29C33/306; B29C45/00; B29C45/17; B29C45/26; B29C45/37; B29K; B29K2101/00; B29K2101/12; B29L; B29L2011/00; B29L2011/0016; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S425/00; Y10S425/808
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A mold for the manufacture of parts of thermoplastic material, said mold consisting of two die elements each of which is developed as support for a force plug, and the facing surfaces of said plugs determining the shape of the part to be produced, characterized by the fact that the surface (7, 8) of each force plug (3, 4) which faces the die element (1, 2) and that the surface (5, 6) of the force (1, 2) which serves to receive said plug (3, 4) are both developed as polished spherical surfaces of the same radius.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
A mold for the manufacture of parts of thermoplastic material, said mold consisting of two die elements each of which is developed as support for a force plug, and the facing surfaces of said plugs determining the shape of the part to be produced, characterized by the fact that the surface (7, 8) of each force plug (3, 4) which faces the die element (1, 2) and that the surface (5, 6) of the force (1, 2) which serves to receive said plug (3, 4) are both developed as polished spherical surfaces of the same radius.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A mold according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the spherical surfaces (5, 6 and 7, 8) of the die elements (1, 2) and the force plugs (3, 4) are developed as surfaces of standardized radius.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
A mold according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the spherical surfaces (5, 6 and 7, 8) of the die elements (1, 2) and of the force plugs (3, 4) are so finely polished that the force plugs (3, 4) adhere by wringing in the associated die elements (1, 2).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A mold according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that spherical surfaces (17, 18) of the die elements (11, 12) are provided with an opening (15, 16) for connection to a vacuum conduit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A mold according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the spherical surface (17) of one die element (11) has a different radius than the spherical surface (18) of the other die element (12).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A mold according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the force plugs (3, 4) consist of sapphire.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
A mold according to claim 1, characterized by its use in injection-molding units.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A mold according to claim 1, characterized by its use for the production of eyeglass lenses.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A mold according to claim 1, characterized by its use for the production of eyeglass lenses in injection-molding units.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
118 words
A mold construction particularly adapted for injection-molding of eyeglass lenses of thermoplastic material, comprising two die elements adapted to be clamped together when defining a mold cavity, each of said die elements being characterized by an insert-retaining cavity having an inner concave spherical surface facing the other die element, and two insert plugs each having a convex spherical surface fitted in a different one of said cavities, the radius of fitted convex and concave spherical surfaces at one die element being the same, and the radius of fitted convex and concave spherical surfaces at the other die element being the same, and a lens-forming cavity surface on the side of each plug opposite the fitted spherical surface thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
118 words
A mold construction particularly adapted for injection-molding of eyeglass lenses of thermoplastic material, comprising two die elements adapted to be clamped together when defining a mold cavity, each of said die elements being characterized by an insert-retaining cavity having an inner concave spherical surface facing the other die element, and two insert plugs each having a convex spherical surface fitted in a different one of said cavities, the radius of fitted convex and concave spherical surfaces at one die element being the same, and the radius of fitted convex and concave spherical surfaces at the other die element being the same, and a lens-forming cavity surface on the side of each plug opposite the fitted spherical surface thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
69 words
The mold construction of claim 10, in which each insert-retaining cavity is further defined by a concave cylindrical rim, and each insert plug has a convex cylindrical rim fitted to the associated concave cylindrical rim, whereby for an aspherical lens-forming surface on one of said plugs, a rotational orientation adjustment may be made in one with respect to the other of the plugs which cooperatively define the molding cavity.
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