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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1999
Clark D. Mahan, Cadillac, MI (US);
Bruce Killingbeck, Leroy, MI (US);
Pilot Industries, Inc., Dexter, MI (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for unloading finished parts from and also loading new raw material into a compression mold having two halves in which the mold halves are in a spaced apart position. The system includes an elongated endless conveyor which extends laterally away from the mold halves. An unloader platform is secured to and spaced upwardly from the conveyor so that an opening is formed between the platform and the conveyor. Raw material is positioned on the conveyor such that, upon actuation of the conveyor, the raw material passes under the platform. The conveyor is mounted on rails while an actuator moves the conveyor between an extended position, in which the platform is positioned in between the mold halves, and a retracted position, in which the conveyor as well as the platform is spaced laterally from the mold halves. The conveyor is actuated in synchronism with the actuator so that the conveyor moves the raw material under the platform and into the mold halves while, simultaneously, a completed part is ejected onto and supported by the platform.