Patent ID: 7351050

Claim:
Molding machine side shuttle apparatus, comprising: a shuttle plate having a portion always disposed inboard of a perimeter of a first mold half of the molding machine; a guidance assembly configured to be coupled to the first mold half, and configured to guide said shuttle plate linearly across a molding face of the first mold half; a drive to drive said shuttle plate linearly, whereby said shuttle plate is moved only linearly across the molding face of the first mold half; and operation structure coupled to said shuttle plate and configured to (i) remove a molded article from one of the first mold half and a second mold half, and (ii) perform a further operation on at least one of (iia) a molded article disposed in/on a mold structure of the first mold half, and (iib) the mold structure of the first mold half.