Patent ID: 8881629

Claim:
A continuous motion de-flash machine for removing flash from molded plastic articles, the machine comprising: a frame; an in-feed section supported by the frame and adapted to transport an article; a de-flash section supported by the frame, adapted to receive the articles from the in-feed section, and including (a) a de-flash turret with a plurality of cam-actuated punch stations each having a punch mounted to a back slide plate adapted to remove flash from the article, the punch stations traveling along an oval track with a pair of long straight portions connecting two curved portions, and (b) a nest turret with a plurality of nest stations, the nest stations traveling along an oval track parallel to the oval track of the punch station, wherein the de-flash turret is offset to the nest turret with respect to the direction the article is received by the de-flash section, and wherein the cam actuation of the punch stations results in the punch pushing toward a corresponding nest station relative to the back slide plate in a direction perpendicular to the oval track of the de-flash turret; and an out-feed section adapted to remove the article from the de-flash section and adapted to remove the article from the machine.