Invention Application
US20010030384A1 Pneumatically operated form keys and method for thermoforming undercuts in foam parts
有权
用于热成型泡沫部件底切的气动操作表格键和方法
- Patent Title: Pneumatically operated form keys and method for thermoforming undercuts in foam parts
- Patent Title (中): 用于热成型泡沫部件底切的气动操作表格键和方法
-
Application No.: US09854998Application Date: 2001-05-14
-
Publication No.: US20010030384A1Publication Date: 2001-10-18
- Inventor: Philip Stanley Baker , Kenneth James Simmons , John Gardner Fuller
- Main IPC: B29C059/00
- IPC: B29C059/00

Abstract:
A pair of form keys and a method for forming reverse drafts in foam parts are disclosed. A male form key is reciprocally mounted in a first mold half in a retracted position. A female form key is rotatably mounted in a second mold half in a neutral position. The first mold half includes a first drive pin that when engaged, moves the male form key into engagement with a foam sheet to form an undercut as the first and second mold halves are closed. The first mold half also includes a second drive pin that engages the female form key as the first and second mold halves close rotating the female form key into engagement with the foam sheet and the male form key. After closure of the mold and the product is formed, the mold is opened. As this occurs, the drive pins are disengaged and the male form key retracts and the female form key rotates to their neutral positions. The formed product may then be stripped from the mold while maintaining the reverse draft or undercut. In a further embodiment the male form key and the female form key are fluid actuated.
Public/Granted literature
- US06814564B2 Mold with fluid driven form keys Public/Granted day:2004-11-09
Information query