fig1 - 6 show various embodiments of an apparatus 10 and nozzle 50 according to the invention . the apparatus typically comprises a top clamp plate 13 , an actuator 15 that reciprocally drive an interconnected valve pin 90 in an upstream - downstream path ud between gate open positions such as shown in fig1 , 2b , 2c and gate closed positions such as shown in fig2 a , 5 . the valve pin 90 is preferably arranged such that the valve pin is mounted within a guide aperture 90 a that extends through a hotrunner or heated manifold 30 and further extends through a fluid material 23 flow channel 30 c that is disposed within the heated manifold 30 . the nozzle 50 sealably interconnects the manifold flow channel 30 c with a central nozzle flow channel 300 . the apparatus 10 typically includes a controller 16 that controls the upstream - downstream ud movement of the valve pin 90 during the course of an injection cycle according to a predetermined algorithm or program . the injection machine 20 injects fluid material 23 under pressure in a downstream direction d into the fluid distribution channels 30 d of the heated manifold 30 . the fluid material 23 is routed further downstream through downstream manifold channel 30 c and further downstream into and through the nozzle channel 300 eventually to and through gate 85 into mold cavity 80 . as described below , some portion of the fluid material 23 travelling downstream through nozzle channel 300 is routed through lateral nozzle apertures 50 and gap g during the course of downstream flow to and through the gate 85 . the apparatus 10 includes a mold body 88 having a gate 85 with which the travel or drive axis a of the nozzle 50 is typically coaxially aligned . the distal end 50 d of the nozzle 55 includes an inner tubular member or insert 55 typically comprised of a highly heat conductive material . the insert 55 is typically mounted and nested within an outer tubular member 56 that radially surrounds the gate 85 and forms a fluid seal via compression between an outer circumferential mating surface 57 that mates with a complementary inner mating surface 86 of the mold body 88 to prevent injection fluid from flowing upstream around the outside surface of the outer tubular body 56 . the outer tubular member 56 is mounted against the mold body 88 via the mating surfaces 57 , 86 and the inner tubular member or insert 55 is mounted and arranged via mating of an outer circumferential surface 54 against an inner mating surface 58 of the outer tubular member such that a gap g is formed between the outer circumferential surface 55 es of the inner tubular member 55 and the inner surface 56 is of the outer tubular member . in the embodiments shown in fig1 - 6 , the distal end surface 55 ds of the inner tubular member 55 is spaced apart from the mold body 88 such that the member 55 does not engage or contact the mold body 88 in a manner that results in heat conductive contact . as shown in fig3 the distal end surface 55 ds is spaced a selected gap distance gt of typically between about 0 . 04 mm and about 0 . 1 mm from the upstream facing surface 88 us of the mold body . the gap g that is disposed between the outer surface 55 es and the inner surface 56 is communicates with the gap g disposed between the distal tip end surface 55 ds and the mold surface 88 us such that injection fluid 23 that flows downstream through the nozzle channel 300 to the gate 85 during any given injection cycle can seep through the distal - most portion of the gap g upstream into the larger portion of the gap g that is disposed between the outer surface 55 es and the inner surface 56 is . residual injection fluid 23 that has seeped into gap g can be flushed or purged out of the gap g by running one or more additional or subsequent purge injection cycles that are separate from normal operational injection cycles . on running such additional or subsequent cycles the injection fluid will travel though apertures 500 along both a lateral or radial r and along a longitudinal a direction on account of the configuration of the apertures 500 having both a lateral r and longitudinal profile with an axis aa that is disposed at an acute angle x to the longitudinal axis a of the nozzle channel 300 that is adapted to route the injection fluid radially r and in a downstream axial a direction through the gap g toward the gate 85 . in one embodiment of the invention , the valve pin 90 can be controllably withdrawn upstream beginning from a gate closed position to a position of upstream travel ut such as shown in fig2 b , 3 where the outside surface of the pin 90 restricts ug flow of injection fluid through the main nozzle channel 300 but better enables a higher volume and rate of injection flow through the purge apertures 500 . when the pin 90 is disposed in such a position such as in fig2 b , 3 where the pin forms a restriction gap ug ( typically between about 0 . 05 and about 0 . 5 mm ) fluid flow rr longitudinally through the interior of the channel 300 is restricted to a rate that is substantially less than the unrestricted flow rate , velocity or volume that would normally occur under full system pressure when the pin 90 is not restricting flow through channel 300 . the injection fluid 23 that is injected into the channel 300 is still injected under the same pressure and although flow is restricted longitudinally rr through the channel 300 , flow of fluid gf is diverted radially r under a higher rate through purge apertures 500 and downstream gf through gap g . thus when running a purge cycle of injection fluid subsequent to a prior cycle , the valve pin 90 is preferably withdrawn from a fully gate closed position upstream at a rate of upstream travel that disposes the selectively formed distal portion 90 p of the pin 90 at an upstream position of travel ut for a preselected period of time that causes the flow of injection fluid to be restricted through channel 300 and to be diverted radially r at an elevated rate of flow gf through the purge apertures 500 and the gap g . in the gate closed position shown in fig2 a , 5 , the outer surface 90 tcs of the pin 90 engages with the inner surface 88 is of the gate area to completely surround and seal the gate such that flow r , rr of injection fluid is completely stopped . the pin 90 can be controllably withdrawn upstream beginning from the gate closed position as shown in fig2 b , 3 to any selected one or more axial upstream - downstream positions ut at which the interior surface 88 is of the gate forms a flow restriction gap downstream at the gate between the surface 88 is and the outer surface 90 tcs of the pin 90 . similarly the pin 90 can be controllably withdrawn upstream beginning from a position as shown in fig2 b , 3 to any selected one or more axial upstream - downstream positions ut at which the interior surface 55 is , 55 ms of the inner tubular member 55 and the complementary outer circumferential surface 90 tcs form an upstream restriction gap ug for any desired period of time . in one embodiment , the pin 90 can be withdrawn and held stationary at one or more axial positions ut along the axial a up and down ud course of travel of the pin 90 such that the pin 90 is disposed in one or more upstream restriction positions ug for some selected period of time such as from about 0 . 1 to about 10 seconds depending on the normal length of the injection cycle . in one embodiment the valve pin 90 can be provided with a maximum downstream diameter section 90 s that has an outer circumferential surface 90 mds that is complementary to and mates with a complementary interior mating surface 55 ms of the inner member 55 such that fluid material 23 flow through channel 300 is stopped or substantially reduced when the surfaces are axially aligned along axis utm thus forcing downstream flow d of fluid material 23 to flow through apertures 500 and gap g thus flushing out gap g . such a flushing is typically carried out at the beginning or at the end of an injection cycle via running a separate flush cycle , or can be carried out during the course of an injection cycle for a selected period of time . alternatively , the diameter of the maximum diameter surface 90 mds can be selected to be less than the diameter of the complementary surface 55 ms such that the two surfaces do not mate , but rather are closely similar in size such that a restriction flow gap ug is formed of such a size that downstream flow through the gap ug is substantially restricted when the surfaces are axially aligned along axis utm or approach becoming axially aligned along axis utm . as the valve pin 90 is driven either downstream or upstream to a position where the maximum diameter surface 90 mds is approaching axial alignment with the complementary surface 55 ms , the flow restriction gap ug begins to form thus causing the flow of fluid 23 to be restricted in its volume and rate of flow downstream d through channel 300 thus also causing pressurized downstream flowing fluid 23 to be routed through apertures 500 . such restricted rate or volume of flow during the course of an injection cycle , can be predetermined and controlled so as to adjustably control the rate and volume of flow of injection fluid 23 to and through the gate and into the mold cavity 80 . the controller 16 can be provided with a program that contains instructions that control the axial positioning of the surfaces 55 is and 90 mds relative to each other during the course of travel of the valve pin 90 such that a flow restriction ug is formed for any predetermined amount of time during the course of an injection cycle sufficient to cause fluid material 23 flow to be directed or routed through apertures 500 at a selected degree of flow . the controller 16 can be provided with a program containing instructions that control the precise axial positioning of the valve pin 90 so as to control the size of a restriction gap between surfaces 88 is and 90 tcs at the gate . by controlling the size of the restriction gap , the rate and volume of flow of injection fluid to and through the gate 85 can be controlled during the course of an injection cycle . typically the rate of withdrawal of the valve pin 90 beginning from the fully closed position at the beginning of an injection cycle toward a fully gate open flow unrestricted position is carried out such that the valve pin is initially withdrawn at a reduced rate of withdrawal relative to a maximum rate of withdrawal at which the actuator is capable of driving the valve pin for a selected period of time so as to effect a rate of injection fluid flow at the beginning of an injection cycle that is less than the maximum flow rate which occurs when the valve pin is withdrawn to a position where fluid flow is unrestricted and at a maximum . such initial reduced rate of pin withdrawal is typically selected to be at a rate and for a period of time sufficient to avoid , remove , obviate , reduce or lessen the occurrence of a blemish , artifact , overload or overpressure of injection fluid passing through the gate area at the beginning of an injection cycle . thus the apparatus can further comprise a controller 16 containing instructions that direct withdrawal of the valve pin 90 upstream from a gate closed position at one or more reduced rates of travel relative to a maximum rate of travel upstream to one or more partially gate open positions . and the controller 16 can contain instructions that direct withdrawal of the valve pin 90 from a gate closed position upstream to one or more partially gate open positions for one or more predetermined periods of time and subsequently upstream to a fully gate open position . alternatively the pin 90 can be controllably withdrawn upstream at a series of variable rates or positions that follow a predetermined profile of pin positions or pin velocities versus time of withdrawal . in the embodiments shown in fig1 - 6 , the apparatus 5 can include a heater sleeve hs disposed around and in heat conductive engagement with the outside surface of the nozzle 50 , the sleeve including heater coils 60 typically disposed within the body of the sleeve hs .