Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,... – Stack forming apparatus
Patent
1992-06-01
1993-08-10
Huppert, Michael S.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
Stack forming apparatus
83 23, 83 85, 83 91, 4147984, B26D 718
Patent
active
052343138
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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Hager Jr. George W.
Huppert Michael S.
Krizek Janice
McKillop Alexander J.
Mlotkowski Michael J.
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