Press and mold operating apparatus

Claim 1

IN A MOLD OPERATING APPARATUS FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PRESS HAVING A VERTICALLY MOVABLE RAM, A STATIONARY HEAD ABOVE THE RAM, AND WITH A PAIR OF COMPRESSION MOLDS HAVING UPPER, INTERMEDIATE AND LOWER SECTIONS WITH CAVITIES EXTENDING THROUGH THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL RAILS MOUNTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID RAM AND EXTENDING FROM THE PRESS ON OPPOSITE SIDES, MEMBERS CONNECTED TO THE LOWER SECTION OF EACH MOLD AND ENGAGING SAID RAILS, POWER MEANS DISPOSED ALONG EACH SIDE OF THE PRESS AND CONNECTED TO EACH LOWER MOLD SECTION FOR MOVING SAID SECTIONS FROM THE PRESS ALONG SAID RAILS ON OPPOSITE SIDES, A PAIR OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED VERTICALLY MOVABLE RAILS ABOVE SAID FIRST PAIR OF RAILS SPACED LATERALLY FROM ONE ANOTHER AND EXTENDING FROM THE PRESS ON OPPOSITE SIDES, MEMBERS SUPPORTING BOTH SAID INTERMEDIATE AND UPPER MOLD SECTIONS CONNECTED TO THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION OF EACH MOLD AND ENGAGING SAID SECOND MENTIONED RAILS FOR MOVEMENT THEREALONG INTO AND FROM THE PRESS, A PAIR OF VERTICAL SHAFTS SPACED ALONG EACH OF SAID SECOND MENTIONED RAILS, AND POWER UNITS CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID SHAFTS FOR URGING THE RESPECTIVE RAILS DOWNWARDLY.