Conveyor for cooling and removal of objects from an in-line sectional production machine

US4414758A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Fritz Peter · Spardorf, DE
• Gastonge Murialdo · Lugano, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 1981
• Grant date: Nov 15, 1983
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C03B9/4535
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor used to move and if necessary cool objects from a multiple sections in-line production machine, such as a thermoforming machine. The design is sectional, each section comprising a cooling station with high-low control of the cooling media and a push-out device used to transfer the objects from the cooling plate onto the moving conveyor belt. The pusher consists of an arm swinging around a stud, the latter also moving on a circular path, the correct sequence being obtained from a control box timed by the corresponding production machine section. The sections are secured together in the number corresponding to the number of sections of the production machine thus providing a suitable conveyor for a machine with any number of sections.