Article moving apparatus configured for a molding machine
AssigneeHusky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
InventorsJacek Kalemba, Muhammad Anwar
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Abstract
Disclosed is an article moving apparatus configured to move an article relative to a first mold half and a second mold half of a molding machine. The article moving apparatus includes an arm configured to grasp and release the article, and also include an arm reciprocating structure configured to reciprocate the arm between an in-mold position and an out-mold position relative to the first mold half and the second mold half, and to be selectively retractable away from an abutment relationship relative to any one of the first mold half and the second mold half.
Claims38
An article moving apparatus configured to move an article relative to a first mold half and a second mold half of a molding machine, the article moving apparatus comprising:
- an arm configured to grasp and release the article;
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- an arm reciprocating structure configured to reciprocate the arm between an in-mold position and an out-mold position relative to the first mold half and the second mold half, and to be selectively retractable away from an abutment relationship relative to any one of the first mold half and the second mold half.
A molding machine, comprising:
- a first mold half;
- a second mold half configured to cooperate with the first mold half;
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- an article moving apparatus configured to move an article relative to the first mold half and the second mold half, including:
- an arm configured to grasp and release the article;
- and
- an arm reciprocating structure configured to reciprocate the arm between an in-mold position and an out-mold position relative to the first mold half and the second mold half, and to be selectively retractable away from an abutment relationship relative to any one of the first mold half and the second mold half.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.