SHEET MOLDING APPARATUS INCLUDING MEANS FOR REMOVING MOLDED ARTICLES FROM THE SHEET MATERIAL

摘要

Articles formed from sheet material in a trim in place thermoforming operation are separated from the remainder of the sheet and rapidly removed from the place of separation by a method which involves angularly directing a jet of high velocity gas at the article as the sheet with the article partially separated therefrom is passing over a stripping surface. The apparatus includes a conduit immediately adjacent the stripping surface with a series of angularly oriented openings formed therein for passage of the gas therethrough.