Patent ID: 7901201

Claim:
A press-molding machine, comprising: an extrusion apparatus extruding a melted resin into a sheet shape; a transfer apparatus receiving and transferring the sheet material extruded from the extrusion apparatus; a molding apparatus press-molding the sheet material transferred from the transfer apparatus, the molding apparatus having a lower die onto which the sheet material is loaded, an upper die that is capable of engaging the lower die for press moldings, and a lifting base; a receiving deck having a slider and slider rails slidably engaging the slider, and a chute that is provided on the slider and includes an upper chute composed of multiple parallel wires and a lower chute formed in a sheet shape and positioned directly below the upper chute, wherein the lower die is secured on the slider so as to move with the slider, wherein the slider is arranged and constructed to slide along the slider rails, so as to laterally move only the lower die between a first position where the lower die can receive the resin sheet material and a second position where the lower die is positioned directly below the upper die, wherein the lifting base is arranged and constructed to move up and down when the lower die is in the second position, thereby moving the lower die up and down so as to be engaged with or disengaged from the upper die, wherein the extrusion apparatus, the transfer apparatus and the molding apparatus are independently arranged and constructed, wherein the chute is arranged and constructed to catch a molded product and/or scrap pieces dropped from the upper die when the lower die is in the first position, and wherein both of the upper chute and the lower chute are arranged and constructed to move according to the sliding movement of the lower die on the slider and the closing movement between the upper die and the lower die.