Stripping station
AssigneeHusky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
InventorPaul F. Kresak
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Abstract
A stripping station for stripping hollow plastic articles from a holding means is disclosed and includes a nest for receiving neck portions of the articles, and a cutout bar for admitting, trapping and ejecting the articles in the nest, the cutout bar being slidably mounted to the nest and being displaceable between an admitting position, wherein the articles can be admitted into the nest, a trapping position wherein the articles are trapped in the nest for transport, and an ejecting position wherein the articles are ejected from the nest.
Claims14
A stripping station for stripping hollow plastic articles from a holding means, comprising:
- nest means for receiving neck portions of said articles;
- means for admitting, trapping and ejecting said articles in said nest means, said means for admitting, trapping and ejecting including at least one cutout and being slidably mounted relative to said nest means and being displaceable between an admitting position, wherein said articles can be admitted into said nest means, a trapping position including a trapping means on said cutout of said means for admitting, trapping and ejecting and arranged so that in said trapping position said articles are trapped in said nest means for transport, and an ejecting position including an ejecting cam on said cutout of said means for admitting, trapping and ejecting, said ejecting cam pushing said articles out of said nest of said nest means.
A stripping station for stripping hollow plastic articles from a holding means, comprising:
- nest means for receiving neck portions of said articles;
- means for admitting, trapping and ejecting said articles in said nest means, said means for admitting, trapping and ejecting being slidably mounted relative to said nest means and being displaceable between an admitting position, wherein said articles can be admitted into said nest means, a trapping position wherein said articles are trapped in said nest means for transport, and an ejecting position wherein said articles are ejected from said nest means;
- wherein said nest means comprises a beam having a plurality of nests, sized to receive neck portions of said articles, said nests being at least equal in number to a number of articles to be removed from a pallet, and being spaced so as to correspond to spacing of said articles on said pallet;
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- wherein said admitting, trapping and ejecting means comprises a bar slidably mounted relative to said beam, said bar having a plurality of cutouts corresponding to said nests in said nest means, said cutouts of said bar each having a trapping ridge and an ejecting cam, arranged so that, when said bar is in said trapping position, said trapping ridge engages with a corresponding article, and when said bar is in said ejecting position, said ejecting cam pushes a corresponding article out of said nest of said nest means.
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