Patent classifications
B29C2045/1651
Co-injection molding apparatus, method for controlling same, and injection product by co-injection molding
A co-injection molding apparatus may mold an injection product that includes a skin layer forming an outer surface by a first material and a core layer surrounded by the skin layer and having an interior formed by a second material. The co-injection molding apparatus may include an injection mold configured to form an injection space to be injection molded by the first material and the second material, a first injector configured to inject the first material, a second injector configured to inject the second material different from the first material and positioned between the first injector and the injection mold, and a runner configured to connect the first injector, the second injector, and the injection mold.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT
A system for forming an oral care implement and an oral care implement formed thereby. The system may include a first mold defining a first mold cavity having a first mold cavity axis; first and second injection orifices formed into the first mold and providing passageways directly into the first portion of the first mold cavity, the second injection orifice being spaced apart from the first injection orifice; first and second hot runner sub-systems fluidly coupled to the first and second injection orifices, respectively; wherein the system is configured to dispense the first material into the first portion of the first mold cavity via the first injection orifice, and after passage of a period of time, to subsequently dispense the second material into the first portion of the first mold cavity via the second injection orifice, the second material being injected into the first material to displace the first material.