Mold extractor
AssigneePurple Innovation, LLC
InventorsRussell B. Whatcott, Steve Bonney, Terry V. Pearce
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Abstract
Extractor systems for extracting a flexible article of manufacture from a mold include an extraction roller, at least one track configured to support the extraction roller, and a trolley configured to carry the extraction roller from a first side of the mold toward a second, opposite side of the mold. Molding systems include a mold and an extractor system. Methods of extracting a flexible article of manufacture from a mold include separating a first platen and a second platen, positioning an extraction roller between the separated first and second platens, engaging the article of manufacture with a row of teeth positioned along the extraction roller, and rotating the extraction roller to wrap the article of manufacture about the extraction roller.
Claims4
A method for removing a flexible article of manufacture from a mold, comprising:
- positioning an extraction roller adjacent to the flexible article of manufacture;
- positioning at least an edge portion of the flexible article of manufacture on an exterior surface of the extraction roller;
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- while maintaining contact between the edge portion and the exterior surface of the extraction roller, rolling the extraction roller to concurrently pull the flexible article of manufacture from at least a portion of a mold and completely wrap the flexible article of manufacture onto the extraction roller.
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