Apparatus for manufacture of a continuous strip of molded plastic product

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY FORMING A PLURALITY OF INJECTION MOLDED PLASTIC OBJECTS, THE COMBINATION OF A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE MOLD FORMING BODIES EACH HAVING A PAIR OF APPOSED END WALLS, A TOP WALL AND FRONT AND FRONT AND REAR SIDE WALLS INTERSECTING SAID TOP WALL TO FORM FRONT AND REAR EDGES, AND AT LEAST SOME OF SAID BODIES HAVING FORMED ALONG AT LEAST ONE OF SAID EDGES A PLURALITY OF INJECTION MOLD FORMING RECESSES EACH OF WHICH OPENS FROM SAID EDGES INTO THE TOP WALL OF SAID BODY AND OPENS FROM SAID EDGE INTO THE CONTIGUOUS SIDE WALL OF SAID BODY, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID BODIES SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH A CLOSED PATH, SAID DRIVING MEANS INCLUDING FIRST DRIVING MEANS YIELDABLY AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID OPPOSED END WALLS OF EACH OF SAID BODIES THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID CLOSED PATH AND SECOND DRIVING MEANS POSITIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH AT LEAST SOME OF SAID BODIES AND EFFECTIVE IN A PREDETERMINED PORTION OF SAID CLOSED PATH FOR PRESSING A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF SUCCESSIVELY DISPOSED BODIES FIRMLY AGAINST ONE ANOTHER IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID BODIES THROUGH SAID PORTION OF SAID CLOSED PATH WITH THE FRONT WALL OF EACH BODY PRESSED INTO