Patent ID: 8230989
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: B29C,B65B

Abstract:
1. A sealing press shuttle machine for transporting a plurality of die members comprising: an upper platen and a lower platen in alignment along a vertical axis; a support frame having a first path and a second path, the first and second paths being parallel to each other and extending between a first end and a second end in defining a horizontal conveying axis, the horizontal conveying axis intersecting the vertical axis between the upper and lower platens; a first die member and a second die member slidably supported on the support frame, the first die member adapted to slide along the first path and the second die member adapted to slide along the second path, each die member having a first section and a second section; wherein the first and second die members are movable generally simultaneously on the support frame in their respective paths in opposite directions along the horizontal conveying axis relative to the support frame between a first state and a second state, wherein in the first state, the second section of the first die member and the first section of the second die member are between the upper and lower platens in vertical alignment therewith as a result of the first die member moving along the first path toward the first end and the second die member moving along the second path toward the second end, and wherein in the second state, the first section of the first die member and the second section of the second die member are between the upper and lower platens in vertical alignment therewith as a result of the first die member moving along the first path toward the second end and the second die member moving along the second path toward the first end.