Injection sole molding machine

Claim 1

AN INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE IN WHICH A CONVEYOR MEANS TRANSFER A VERTICALLY DISPOSED CARRIER THROUGH A CLOSED CIRCUIT FROM A MOLD CHARGING STATION STEP BY STEP THROUGH A PLURALITY OF IDLKE STATIONS TO A DISCHARGING STATION AND THENCE ONWARD TO THE CHARGING STATION, AN ARM FULCRUMED AT THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF THE CARRIER FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT BETWEEN A HORIZONTAL POSITION AND A VERTICAL POSITION AND ARRANGED TO MOUNT A SHOE FORM WITH ITS TOE END UPPERMOST WHEN THE ARM IS VERTICAL, A MOLD ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON THE CARRIER AND DESIGNED TO MOLD IN SITU ONTO A SHOE ON THE FORM A SOLE AND HEAL UNIT IN WHICH THE HEEL HAS A SQUARE BREAST FACE, A PLATEN FULCRUMED ON THE ARM AT A POINT ADJACENT TO THE FULCRUM OF THE ARM ON THE CARRIER, MEANS FOR SECURING THE SHOE FORM TO THE PLATEN, AND MEANS FOR BIASING THE PLATEN TOWARD THE ARM, THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE PLATEN RELATIVELY TO THE ARM PERMITTING THE PLATEN TO SWING AWAY FROM THE ARM DURING SWINGING MOVEMENT OF THE RM FROM ITS VERTICAL POSITION THEREBY TO MAINTAIN A VERTICAL DISPOSITION OF THE PLATEN UNTIL THE BREAST FACE OF THE NEWLY MOLDED HEEL HAS MOVED CLEAR OF THE MOLD ASSEMBLY, THE BIASING MEANS YIELDING TO PERMIT SUCH SWINGING MOVEMENT OF THE PLATEN.