ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,737, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to THERMOPLAY S.R.L. (Pont-Saint-Martin, Italy).
"Side gate nozzle and injection mold" was invented by Guido Bosonetto (Pont Saint Martin, Italy), Flavio Depre (Arnad, Italy) and Carlo Cocito (San Giusto C. se, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a side gate nozzle comprising a body with at least one slot for receiving at least one tip insert. The nozzle further comprises a tip insert comprising at least one tip element being in a mounted position arranged in the at least one slot and an expander clamping in an expanded position the tip insert with respect to a bottom ...