Invention Application
- Patent Title: MOLD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FOR FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMERIC SPRINKLER HEAD PART
-
Application No.: US18916079Application Date: 2024-10-15
-
Publication No.: US20250033255A1Publication Date: 2025-01-30
- Inventor: William K. Rucker , Manuel R. Silva, JR. , Lyle J. Miller , Daniel Cross , Steven L. Shields , Jose L. Almeida
- Applicant: Tyco Fire Products LP
- Applicant Address: US RI Cranston
- Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
- Current Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Cranston
- Main IPC: B29C45/00
- IPC: B29C45/00 ; B29C45/26 ; B29C45/27 ; B29K71/00 ; B29K79/00 ; B29K81/00 ; B29K105/00 ; B29L1/00

Abstract:
An injection mold for producing a sprinkler head part and related injection molding methods are described. The sprinkler head part includes a first, second, third and fourth mold portions. The first and second mold portions include first and second shaping elements structured to cooperatively form a body including a substantially cylindrical portion and a substantially planar portion, and two frame arms extending from the substantially planar portion of the body. The third mold portion includes a shaping element structured to form an orifice in the body of the sprinkler head. The fourth mold portion includes a shaping element structured to form a cross member connecting the two frame arms. The injection methods include injecting a composite material in molten form into the mold to form the molded sprinkler head part. The composite material includes thermoplastic polymeric resin and a plurality of reinforcing fibers dispersed in the resin.
Information query