Patent ID: 7789648

Claim:
A molding system, the molding system including a take-off plate coupled to a fixed platen of the molding system, the take-off plate for removing molded articles after they have been molded; the molding system comprising, a movable platen configured to reciprocate along an operational axis of the molding system relative to the fixed platen; a treatment sub-system comprising: a treatment device coupled to and depending from the movable platen in a direction traverse to the operation axis of the molding system, a distance adjustment device configured to adjust a distance between the treatment device and the take-off plate along the operation axis of the molding system; the distance adjustment device comprising: a body defining: a movable platen engagement interface configured for attachment to the movable platen; a plenum engagement interface configured for attachment to the treatment device; a distance adjustment mechanism attached to the movable platen engagement interface and the plenum engagement interface, the distance adjustment device configured to be selectively slidable along the operational axis of the molding system to selectively fix a position of the treatment device relative to the movable platen in a desired position along the operational axis of the molding system.