Patent ID: 6336805
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
A device for withdrawing and carrying away a molding of thermoformed objects from a thermoforming single-station apparatus or press having a support frame, a feeder of sheet or tape material as well as a female die and a counterdie, the dies being supported by said support frame and being movably arranged one with respect to the other between a closed position in which the sheet or tape material fed by the feeder is thermoformed, and an opened position in which the female die and the counterdie are mutually spaced apart one with respect to the other, the feeder feeding the sheet or tape material between the female die and the counterdie said device comprising a horizontally disposed withdrawing plate having a plurality of openings therein for receiving said molding of thermoformed objects, said withdrawing plate being supported in a cantilevered manner from said support frame, driving means for moving the plate along a straight path between a withdrawing position of the objects from the female die, while the latter is in its opened position, and an object releasing position away from the die, while the latter is in its closed position, said device further including guide means in the press arranged to engage and guide said plate along opposite edges thereof at least along a length of the straight path thereof between the withdrawing and the releasing positions.