ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,116, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).
"Mold-clamping machine" was invented by Masaru Hanaoka (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold-clamping machine includes a pressure receiving mount, a turn table mounted on the pressure receiving mount so as to be freely turnable, a movable mount placed at a position higher than the turn table, tie bars attached to and extending downwardly from the movable mount, and which pass completely through the pressure receiving mount and a traction mount. The mold-clamping machine clamps a metal mold by moving down the traction mount with ...