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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1994
Joseph Steckling, St. Cloud, MN (US);
Dimension Industries, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A molding fixture for carrying tooling plates that can be interchanged with one another without having to remove the tooling plates from the molding fixture, with the molding fixture having a first platen for supporting a first tooling fixture located on a first frame and a second frame pivotally connected with respect to the first frame to permit movement of the second frame from a closed position to an open position relative to the first frame, with the second frame having at platen-support pod with a first tooling plate and a second tooling plate located on opposite sides of the platen-support pod, with the platen-support pod pivotally mounted in the frame to permit 180-degree pivoting of the platen-support pod with respect to second frame to permit interchanging the location of first tooling plate with the second tooling plate without having to remove either the first or the second tooling plate from the platen-support pod.