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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1987
Frederick J Feddersen, Londonderry, NH (US);
Earl Snyder, Jr, Manchester, NH (US);
Fedders Machine and Tool Co., Inc., Londonderry, NH (US);
Abstract
An easily replaceable collet assembly for use in a movable pallet containing a plurality of stations for releasably gripping and rotating a plurality of resin preforms as they are moved through a blow molding process for providing rapid reconfiguration of the stations to accept different sized preforms. There is a mounting member carried by the pallet for rotation, the mounting member comprising a mounting plate perpendicular to a rotatable shaft connecting it to the pallet; a locking member carried by the mounting member for rotation about the shaft; and, a collet member for releasably gripping a preform of a given size, the collet member including locking apparatus for interacting with the locking member to releasably attach the collet member to the mounting plate to be moved in combination therewith.