Patent ID: 6450795
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B29C,B29L

Abstract:
In a molding machine having an eject station at which molded articles are released from a rotation plate of the machine, the improvement comprising:a vertically reciprocable eject head having a plurality of eject cores projecting downwardly therefrom for use in releasing the articles during an ejection stroke of the head, each of said eject cores having an enlarged circumferential flange at an upper end thereof and a main body having a reduced diameter relative to said flange; and an actuator operably coupled with said head for reciprocating the head through ejection and retraction strokes, said head including a universal mounting plate having an elongated through slot that is wider than the diameter of the body of each eject core but narrower than the diameter of the flange such that the body of a eject core may project through the slot but the eject core is retained by the flange engaging the universal mounting plate, said universal mounting plate being long enough to permit a number of said eject cores to be received within the slot, an elongated adaptor plate having a longitudinally extending row of holes therethrough at predetermined spaced locations along the length of the plate, each of said holes being larger than the diameter of the body of the eject cores, said adaptor plate underlying said universal mounting plate with said row of holes in registration with said slot whereby the holes establish the number and spacing of eject cores that can be received within the universal mounting plate, and a cover overlying said universal mounting plate and the eject cores for retaining the eject cores within the slot, said cover and said adaptor plate being detachably secured to said universal mounting plate to permit selective removal and replacement of the eject cores and adaptor plate.