Method of making an overmolded waterway connection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9738018
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14797267

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A process for providing an overmolded waterway comprising inserting a shaft portion of a sacrificial core into an end of a tube, the shaft portion having a first opening therein, the sacrificial core having a second portion comprising a second opening and a contact surface about the second opening, the second opening in fluid communication with the first opening and the inside of the tube, in a mold cavity inserting a core pin transverse to the tube end, the sacrificial core contact surface engaging a mating surface of the core pin closing the second opening, injection overmolding over a portion of the tube end and core pin forming an overmolded waterway having an outlet portion in fluid communication with the second opening and the inside of the tube, and removing the core pin from the second opening through the outlet portion and removing the overmolded waterway from the mold cavity.

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MERCURY PLASTICS LLCP O BOX 989 15760 MADISON ROAD MIDDLEFIELD OH 44062

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Blue, William Middlefield, US 13 89
Christian,, Jr Earl Warren, US 16 132
Gardner, Scott R Middlefield, US 37 279
Hochstetler, William Shane Middlefield, US 6 72
Seman, Richard F Middlefield, US 1 1

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