Patent ID: 6837701

Claim:
A device for removing plastic injection moldings from a mold of an injection molding machine having fixed and movable die chucking plates, said device comprising: a spindle having first and second ends and an outer diameter; a toothed disk connected to said first end of said spindle and having a disk diameter that is larger than the outside diameter of said spindle so that said toothed disk projects radially beyond the outer diameter of said spindle; an actuating component for removing the plastic injection moldings, said actuating component connected for axial movement with said spindle; an engagement component adapted to be connected at a fixed position relative to the movable die chucking plate of the injection mold machine, said spindle being mounted in said engagement component such that said spindle is movable with said toothed disk and said actuating component in an axial direction relative to the engagement component toward or away from the mold; a tubular component mated with said toothed disk such that said toothed disk is fixed with respect to rotation relative to said tubular component and is axially movable relative to said tubular component; and a drive unit connected to said tubular component for effecting a rotation of said tubular component, said toothed disk and said spindle being induced into rotation by the rotation of said tubular component, wherein the rotation of said spindle in said engagement component effects an axial movement by said spindle, said toothed disk, and said actuating element toward or away from said mold.