Patent ID: 6042360
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B29C,B29L,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for extracting and processing thermoformed objects from a thermoforming machine, comprising at least one station for processing thermoformed objects produced in the thermoforming machine, said apparatus being arranged in sequence immediately downstream of the thermoforming machine and upstream of a stacking station for said thermoformed objects, said apparatus including at least one extraction plate which moves synchronously with the thermoforming machine between a position in which it picks up a multiplicity of objects thermoformed by the thermoforming machine and the at least one processing station and holds them secured to it during each processing operation, a supporting arm rigid with an end of the at least one extraction plate, a carriage or slide means which is connected to another end of the supporting arm, guide means for the carriage or slide means, and actuating means for the carriage or slide means acting synchronously with an operating cycle of the thermoforming machine.