Appeal No. 96-4162
Application 08/313,901
displaceable side members (mold elements 50 and 52) for forming the remainder of body
portion (16) of the insert (column 7, lines 4 through 8), as well as a second longitudinally
retractable mold element member (62) to form the fluid pathway (25) through the insert
(column 7, lines 35 through 40). Further, the mold element (54) includes an end recess or
cavity (56) corresponding to the end surface and frusto-conical seal (20) of the insert
(column 7, lines 28 through 34). Although the embodiment of the insert shown includes a
puncturable membrane member (64) extending across the first end (26) which is formed
by leaving a gap between the mold element (54) and the mold element (62), other
embodiments of the male insert need not have such a membrane member present (column
7, lines 65 through 67).
As to claim 2, as discussed above, the remainder of the outside surface of the
insert, outside of the seal (20) is formed by the two laterally displaceable mold elements
(50, 52).
As to claim 4, as shown in Figure 3, the mold element (54) and mold elements (50,
52) abut at the larger peripheral edge of the frusto-conical surface of the seal (20).
Accordingly, the parting line formed by the edge of the cavity (56) and the two mold
elements (50, 52) will be located at the larger peripheral edge.
As to claim 6, the mold elements (50, 52) undercut the cylindrical seal (20) to form a
relatively sharp shoulder portion (72) extending transversely to the axis of the insert
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