Patent ID: 7318722

Claim:
A molded article conveyance apparatus configured to convey a plurality of molded articles away from a molding machine, comprising: a collection of row-dedicated queuing conveyors, wherein each row-dedicated queuing conveyor is configured to convey a portion of the plurality of molded articles away from the molding machine; and a sequential shunting conveyor configured to selectively move from one row-dedicated queuing conveyor to another row-dedicated queuing conveyor, and to receive and convey molded articles away from successively selected row-dedicated queuing conveyors, wherein the collection of row-dedicated queuing conveyors includes: a first set of row-dedicated queuing conveyors each configured to receive a corresponding row of molded articles from a transfer assembly, and a second set of row-dedicated queuing conveyors each configured to receive a respective row of molded articles from the first set of row-dedicated queuing conveyors and to pass on the respective row of molded articles to the sequential shunting conveyor.