Automatic plastic forming and trimming machine

Claim 1

MOLDING APPARATUS FOR ARTICLES COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND MOLDING MEMBERS MOUNTED FOR CONTROLLED MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, A CUTTING DIE MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID MOLDING MEMBERS, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A SHEET OF MOLDABLE SHEET MATERIAL BETWEEN SAID MOLDING MEMBERS, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MOLDING MEMBERS A FIRST DISTANCE TOWARD ONE ANOTHER TO FORCE A PORTION OF SAID SHEET MATERIAL INTO THE FIRST OF SAID MEMBERS TO EFFECT AT LEAST A PORTION OF A MOLDING OPERATION OF AN ARTICLE, SAID MOVING MEANS THEREAFTER BEING OPERATIVE TO MOVE SAID FIRST MEMBER IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO ITS FIRST DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT TO REMOVE SAID FIRST MEMBER FROM THE MOLDED ARTICLE, AND SAID MOVING MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO MOVE THE SECOND SAID MEMBER AN ADDITIONAL DISTANCE IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS INITIAL MOVEMENT AND INTO CUTTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID DIE TO SEVER SAID PORTION OF SAID SHEET MATERIAL FROM THE REMAINDER OF SAID SHEET MATERIAL.