Patent ID: 7364423

Claim:
An article moving apparatus configured to move an article relative to a first mold half and a second mold half of a molding machine, the article moving apparatus comprising: an arm configured to grasp and release the article; and an arm reciprocating structure configured to reciprocate the arm between an in-mold position and an out-mold position relative to the first mold half and the second mold half, and said arm reciprocating structure being further configured to: abut against a mold half, and be selectively retractable from abutment with said mold half to allow operator access to faces of said first mold half and said second mold half, wherein the arm reciprocating structure includes: a synchronizing structure configured to synchronize a reciprocating movement of the arm caused by the arm reciprocating structure with a lateral movement of the first mold half and the second mold between a mold-opened position and a mold-closed position, and to maintain the arm reciprocating structure in an abutment relationship with any one of the second mold half and the first mold half.