Device for removing and conveying injection-molded piece

A gate cutting device for receiving pieces integral with the gates from an injection molding machine horizontally in the same array as that of the injection molding machine, intermittently conveying the pieces, and cutting sequentially the gates from heads of the pieces, said device comprising:

• piece conveying means comprising:
• a number of piece holders intermittently movable at a predetermined moving interval for horizontally holding the pieces at a vertical interval corresponding to the intermittent movement interval of said piece holders, and
• a stopper plate disposed adjacent the piece holders for restricting movement of the pieces held by the piece holder away from a cutting position for cutting the gates from the pieces;
• and
• gate cutting means comprising:
• piece head holders each comprising an end wall having a piece head inserting recess formed therein for receiving the head of a piece disposed at the cutting position and an opening formed therein through which said gates can project when held in said piece head holders, said piece head holders being longitudinally movable back and forth toward the pieces held by the piece holders at the cutting position, and
• a cutter for cutting the gates projected from the piece head holders, said cutter comprising at least one blade mounted adjacent said wall movably in a direction perpendicular to the axes of the pieces held by the piece holders.