Patent ID: 7097444

Claim:
An apparatus comprising an injection mold machine including a fixed unit and a movable unit arranged to move relative to the fixed unit between a closed position closing the injection mold machine so that the fixed and movable units cooperate to form a mold cavity therebetween to mold plastics material in the mold cavity into a part and an opened position opening the injection mold machine for discharge of the part therefrom, a part receiver, and catcher means for catching the part discharged from the injection mold machine when the catcher means is positioned in a catch position, for lowering the part from the catch position to a release position and for releasing the part to the part receiver when the catcher means is positioned in a release position, the catcher means being coupled to the fixed unit and the movable unit for movement relative to the fixed and movable units from the catch position to the release position in response to movement of the movable unit relative to the fixed unit from the opened position to the closed position and for movement relative to the fixed and movable units from the release position to the catch position in response to movement of the movable unit relative to the fixed unit from the closed position to the opened position.