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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
A. Dale Maddox, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Fred A. Loesch, Britton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Uniloy Milacron Inc., Manchester, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 2/100 ; B23B 3/04 ; B29D 4/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 2/100 ; B23B 3/04 ; B29D 4/500 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for deflashing plastic blow molded articles is disclosed. The apparatus includes feed screw which engage one side of the container to move the container. A nesting wheel and a trim wheel are rotated in opposite directions to bring trim tools and nest tools together. The screw moves the container so that the nest tool engages the container and carries the container so that it is between the nest tool and trim tool as they intermesh. As a result, the container is nested, trimmed and released in one continuous motion.