Patent ID: 7255222

Claim:
An unloader for carrying a molded product, comprising: a lower carrying device having a carry face that is brought into contact with a lower face of the molded product; an upper carrying device having a carry face that is brought into contact with an upper face of the molded product; and a pad replacing device provided adjacently to at least one of the upper carrying device and the lower carrying device; wherein each of the carrying devices includes an endless rotating member and a plurality of unloader pads, the endless rotating member having a plurality of first pad attaching portions at intervals in a rotational direction, on which the unloader pads are detachably attached by sliding the unloader pads in a direction orthogonal to the rotational direction, the carry face being formed by surfaces of the unloader pads; wherein the pad replacing device includes a pad setting portion and a pad moving portion, the pad setting portion having a second pad attaching portion on which a replacing pad is attached by sliding the replacing pad in the direction orthogonal to the rotational direction of the endless rotating member so as to opposed to the unloader pad; and wherein the unloader pad is detached by being pushed by the replacing pad by moving the replacing pad to the unloader pad on the endless rotating member by the pad moving portion, and the replacing pad 12 is attached to the first pad attaching portion.