Patent ID: 8398912
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for removing a plurality of molded articles from respective molds, comprising: each mold having an elongated shape with an elongated external molding surface oriented according to a mold axis, the elongated external molding surface directly contacting the respective molded article, said molds being arranged with their axes parallel, and a plurality of pairs of jaws, each corresponding to a respective mold and including a first jaw and an opposed second jaw which are moveable with respect to the respective mold according to a first relative motion, between an open position wherein the jaws are spaced apart from the mold and a closed position wherein the jaws engage the mold or the molded article, and a substantially axial second relative motion, wherein the pair of jaws is slidably displaced along the mold axis and around at least a portion of the molding surface so as to contact and axially displace the respective molded article and remove it from the mold, and wherein the jaws, for the first relative motion, are linearly moveable in parallel directions which are radial to the respective mold axis, and further comprising a first carrier carrying the first jaws and a second carrier carrying the second jaws, the first and second carriers being linearly moveable according to two successive orthogonal directions, so as to displace the jaws according to their first relative motion, between their open position and their closed position on their respective molds, and their substantially axial second relative motion.