ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,358, issued on June 17, was assigned to THERMOPLAY S.P.A. (Pont-Saint-Martin, Italy).
"Side gate nozzle and injection mold" was invented by Carlo Cocito (San Giusto C.se, Italy), Guido Bosonetto (Pont-Saint-Martin, Italy), Flavio Depre (Arnad, Italy) and Flaminia Mairate (Donnas, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side gate nozzle (1) includes a supply block (2), a distribution block (3) and a nozzle block (4) interconnected to each other in an axial direction (z). The nozzle block (4) comprises at least one nozzle recess (5), in which a nozzle insert (6) is arranged. The nozzle insert (6) is in the axial direction (z) held by an...