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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
May. 07, 2004
Peter A. Bates, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Thomas M. Ingraham, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Frank W. Mahr, Toledo, OH (US);
Nikhil Mani, Billerica, MA (US);
Thomas E. Nahil, Amherst, NH (US);
Terry C. Potter, Lambertville, MI (US);
Peter A. Bates, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Thomas M. Ingraham, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Frank W. Mahr, Toledo, OH (US);
Nikhil Mani, Billerica, MA (US);
Thomas E. Nahil, Amherst, NH (US);
Terry C. Potter, Lambertville, MI (US);
Graham Packaging PET Technologies, Inc., York, PA (US);
Abstract
A take-out and cooling method and apparatus conveys molded plastic articles from a molding machine to and through a cooling station and preferably includes a take-out apparatus that has a main support, a conveyor carried by the main support for movement in an endless path, a cam adjacent to the support, a plurality of arms carried by the conveyor for movement with the conveyor along the endless path and including a follower responsive to the contour of the cam to vary the position of the arms relative to the support, and at least one holder carried by each arm. Each holder is adapted to receive and carry at least one molded article to facilitate in conveying the molded articles and is flexible and resilient to permit relative movement of at least a portion of the holder relative to its associated arm.