Patent ID: 8894402
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for foaming under vacuum condition a container for refrigeration of foodstuffs, comprising: a main frame provided with vertically extending guide posts; an auxiliary frame horizontally extending and movably supported between a lower position and an upper position by the guide posts of the main frame; a foaming cell configured to air-tightly enclose the refrigeration container, the foaming cell comprising: wherein the side shore panels are hingedly connected to slide members transversally movable to the auxiliary frame; and second control means for adjustably moving the slide members and the side shore panels between a retracted position and advanced positions in respect to the pallet; wherein each slide member is provided with a rocking arm which is coplanar to a corresponding one of the side shore panels and which includes a roller for contacting and sliding along a stop member so as to automatically cause the corresponding side shore panel to outwardly rotate by gravity and open the foaming cell in the lower position of the auxiliary frame, and wherein the sealing gaskets of the side shore panels are configured and positioned along peripheral edges of the side shore panels, to come into contact with flat inner sealing surfaces of the pallet, the transversal panels and the upper closure member, in any adjusted position between the retracted position and the advanced positions of the side shore panels of the cell.