Patent ID: 7384257

Claim:
A device for removing doses of plastic material from an extruder and delivering the doses to a forming apparatus in which the doses are compression-moulded, the device comprising at least one removal element which is movable with respect to said extruder for removing a dose and is provided with a receptacle for receiving the dose removed from an outflow orifice of said extruder, said removal element comprising a severing element that is adapted to cut into the plastic material dispensed by said extruder along a severing edge that advances through the material from one side of said orifice to the other, said receptacle being shaped so as to accommodate said dose and allow expulsion thereof substantially in the direction of said severing edge, the receptacle retaining the dose while the at least one removing element moves from a first position, in which the at least one removing element interacts with the extruder, to a second position, in which the at least one removing element interacts with the forming apparatus, the receptacle depositing the dose into a recess associated to said forming apparatus and defining a molding chamber for the dose, wherein said severing edge defines a leading portion of said receptacle which is more advanced than a trailing portion of said receptacle in an intended direction of movement of said severing element.