| 摘要 |
1,174,559. Slush moulding plant. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. 8 May, 1968 [12 June, 1967], No. 21782/68. Heading B5A. [Also in Divisions B7, B8 and E2] A plant for slush moulding hollow articles from powdered or liquid thermoplastic resin comprises a continuous track around which suspended moulds are indexed in sequence to a mould set-on station 17, mould preheating stations 19 and 20, a station 33 of which each mould is engaged with a slush box, a station at which a turn-over assembly 44 is located for first inverting and then righting the mouldslush-box assembly, a station 34 at which the mould and slush-boxes are separated, an oven 22 to complete the fusion of the articles formed within moulds a cooling station 23, a blow-off station 24 at which the liquid coolant is removed, a stripping station 25 at which the mould is rotated from a vertical position to a horizontal easily accessible attitude, and finally to a mould take-off station 26. - During the engagement, rotation and disengagement of the mould and slush box, the mould is disengaged from the mould track and is supported by section 30 of a roller conveyer 29, 30, 31, 32, around which the slush-boxes are continuously circulated. The mould track is diverted as at 43 in the region of section 30. |
