| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus for exchanging metal mold for a molding machine that employs metal mold, such as, press molding machine, injection molding machine and so on, and performs the molding using one of the molds under exchange with one another, said apparatus including a mold carriage capable of mounting thereon at least two metal molds for the molding machine and a mold transfer and exchange-transport truck unit capable of effecting to transport the metal mold to be exchanged through the course between said carriage and the molding machine and to give and receive the metal mold horizontally between them, characterized in that said mold transfer and exchange-transport truck unit has a conveying means for giving and receiving the metal mold in a substantially horizontal level; that said conveying means comprises an elongated member having in itself a yieldability or flexibility, such as, a chain or a perforated plate spring, and a guide rail which houses said elongated member and functions to restrict the mobility of said elongated member due to said yieldability or said flexibility and to permit a sliding movement of said elongated member inside thereof; that an extension rail segment is arranged to permit to succeed said guide rail, said extension rail segment consisting of a length of rail pivotally supported so as to allow a swinging movement thereof in a horizontal plane at least to one side direction to the mold carriage or to the molding machine.</p> |
