Device for receiving and conveying molded parts

Device for receiving and transporting molded parts made in cavities through a production line with several work stations, with one or more of the work stations including molds made of mold halves for forming the cavities, comprising

• a plurality of transfer frames that support the molded parts and remain outside a contour of a respective mold passing through the production line,
• transport devices for moving the transfer frames through the processing line,
• one or more retaining elements disposed on each transfer frame,
• recesses formed in the molds in the area of the retaining elements, so that the retaining elements effect a form-fitting seal with mating surfaces of the mold halves when the mold is closed,
• wherein the retaining elements so extend into a space between the mating surfaces as to bond with the molded part when making the molded part, and
• wherein a respective transfer frame. the retaining elements and the molded part form a unit, wherein this unit is removed from a respective work station and moved through the production line as a unit, and wherein for each molded part a new empty transfer frame is procured and provided at the beginning of the production line, so that always a new unit is formed of the transfer frame, the retaining elements and the molded part and moved as a unit through the production line.