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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Roberto Sicilia, Mississauga, CA;
Roberto Sicilia, Mississauga, CA;
Other;
Abstract
An injection molding machine and a mold are used to form batches of hallow parts, such as PET preforms. An end of arm tool transfers the molded preforms from the mold to a temperature conditioning station having a conveyor. The batch of molded preforms is received and retained on the end of arm tool by an array of cooling tubes that are attached to a number of identical cooling tubes carrier devices. The conveyor is adapted to receive the carrier devices and the cooling tubes loaded with molded preforms from the end of arm tool. The conveyor is also adapted to transfer rapidly the carrier devices and the empty cooling tubes into the end of arm tool before the end of arm tool is moved back into the molding area to receive subsequent batches of molded preforms.