Patent ID: 7665984

Claim:
A platen-linkage assembly, comprising: a pair of supports being movably guidable along a respective one of a pair of linear-guide rails; mold-carrier sections being configured to: (i) support a mold stack, and (ii) rotatably couple with a chosen one of the pair of supports; a pair of primary links, each primary link of the pair of primary links being rotatably coupled with and being positioned between: (i) a selected one of the mold-carrier sections, and (ii) a selected one of the pair of supports; a first pair of secondary links, each secondary link of the first pair of secondary links being rotatably coupled with: (i) a stationary mold-support face of a stationary platen, and (ii) one primary link of the pair of primary links; and a second pair of secondary links, each secondary link of the second pair of secondary links being rotatably coupled with: (i) a movable mold-support face a movable platen, and (ii) one primary link of the pair of primary links.