Patent ID: 9469051
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: B29C

Claim Text:
1. A method of loading a mold on a foam plastics molding machine, said method comprising: setting up and connecting an interface frame having a plurality of vertical ribs to the mold to form a molding unit including the mold, the interface frame, and a quantity of plastic molding material and operating fluid inlets; (ii) advancing the molding unit towards a fixed frame of the foam plastics molding machine by: (iii) lifting the molding unit positions on the trolley to a level of a window of the fixed frame of the foam plastics molding machine by: (iv) loading the molding unit into a work position to physically and functionally engage the fixed frame at the window; and (v) locking the molding unit to the fixed frame by a second locking device.