Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,... – Stack forming apparatus
Patent
1990-10-31
1992-06-16
Werner, Frank E.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
Stack forming apparatus
4147882, 4147984, 4147985, 83 91, 83 85, 83 86, 83 97, B65G 5730
Patent
active
051220296
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for automatically stacking molded articles successively trimmed by a trim press from a web of thermoplastic material, the trim press having a stationary die member which includes a die plate and a die shoe, the apparatus comprising: (a) a frame; (b) a carriage mounted to the frame; (c) at least one stacking mechanism, the stacking mechanism comprising: (i) a plurality of stack rods rotatively mounted to the carriage, each of the stack rods having a stack dog located substantially perpendicular to a first end thereof the stack dog positionable within a corresponding aperture of the die shoe of the stationary die member; and (ii) mechanism for rotating the stack rods so that the stack dog engages an endmost article of a completed stack of articles, the stack of articles located at least partially within the die shoe of the stationary die member; and (d) mechanism for transporting the completed stack of articles from within the die shoe of the stationary die member to a position for removal from the apparatus.
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Dinicola Brian
McKillop Alexander J.
Mlotkowski Michael J.
Mobil Oil Corporation
Speciale Charles J.
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