Patent ID: 6146127
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
A baffle sorting apparatus comprising:(a) An injection mold having an A plate and an opposing B plate;(b) A plurality of mold cavities formed the A plate and the B plate;(c) At least one baffle rigidly fixed and extending perpendicular to the A plate and aligned between the mold cavities;(d) At least one slot on the B plated fashioned to slideably receive the baffle when the A plate and B plate are pressed together;(e) A conveyor belt having a plurality of separated, side-walled tracks; andwhereby material is injected into the mold cavities while the A plate and B plate are pressed together, the material is allowed to solidify, the A plate and B plate are separated, and mold products formed in the process are ejected and drop out of the plates, wherein said mold products falling from an individual mold cavity are received within said side-walled track of said conveyor belt and transported to another location.