Patent ID: 6887418

Claim:
A method for post-mold cooling of injection molded articles having neck regions comprising the steps of: (a) providing a molding system which includes a mold cavity plate having a plurality of injection cavities, a mold core plate having a corresponding plurality of injection cores receivable in the cavities for forming a plurality of molded articles, and neck ring plates associated with said cavity plate; (b) with the mold plates in a closed position, injecting plastic material into the mold cavities to form the molded articles; (c) separating the mold plates while retaining the molded articles in the injection cavities; (d) providing a take-out plate having retaining cores; (e) positioning the take-out plate between the cavity plate and the core plate; (f) using said neck ring plates to transfer the molded articles directly from the injection cavities onto the retaining cores by displacing the neck ring plates outwardly of the cavity plate so as to position the molded articles over the retaining cores, and releasing the molded articles from the neck ring plates; and (g) cooling the molded articles on said retaining cores.