Patent ID: 6530769
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B28B,B30B,Y10T

Abstract:
A concrete product mold removal and replacement mechanism for a concrete product molding machine having mold support frame structure includes a transfer carriage movable from a mold deposit location remote from said mold support frame structure on the machine along a pathway leading longitudinally abeam of said mold support frame structure and further comprises:a. a cross carriage and elevator assembly, having a mold support, carried on said transfer carriage for travel relative to the transfer carriage to facilitate movement to and from said mold deposit location and to and from said mold support frame structure; b. said assembly including an elevator and incorporating guides carried by one of said cross carriage and elevator for the other to move therealong; and c. motor mechanism for moving said transfer carriage longitudinally adjacent said machine and moving said cross carriage transversely inwardly to a position below a mold on said mold support frame structure, raising said elevator to deposit said mold on said mold support, returning said cross carriage transversely and moving said transfer carriage longitudinally to remove said mold to a position opposite said mold deposit location, moving said cross carriage transversely to deposit said mold at said deposit location; returning said cross carriage with a replacement mold and moving said transfer carriage longitudinally toward said mold support frame structure to a position abeam of said structure, and moving said cross carriage inwardly and lowering said elevator to deposit the replacement mold on said mold support frame structure.