Patent ID: 6923933

Claim:
A take-out device for removing blow molded products from a rotary blow molding machine at an ejection station and moving the removed products to a takeaway device; the take-out device comprising a rotary hub located adjacent to the ejection station and adjacent to the takeaway device; a plurality of transfer heads mounted on the hub and spaced around the hub for rotation therewith; a drive for rotating the hub to move the transfer heads repetitively from the ejection station to the takeaway device and back to the ejection station; each transfer head including a base and a pair of spaced, generally parallel plates mounted on the base and extending radially outwardly from the base for rotation into an open mold at the ejection station and to either side of a first blow molded product held in the open mold at the ejection station, and a first mechanism located away from the product in the open mold to move one plate toward the other plate and clamp the product in the mold therebetween after movement of the plates to either side of the product at the ejection station, wherein the product is clamped between the plates while in the mold and is rotated with the hub to the takeaway device.