Molding machine with movable end means for closing mold and stripping article

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR MOLDING ARTICLES OF SELF-HARDENING MATERIAL COMPRISING A MOLD BOX OPEN AT ONE END, A MOLD IN SAID BOX AND INCLUDING A LINER, MEANS FOR SWINGING SAID BOX ON A FIXED HORIZONTAL AXIS BETWEEN A VERTICAL POSITION FOR PRESENTING SAID MOLD FOR FILLING WITH SAID MATERIAL THROUGH SAID OPEN END AND A HORIZONTAL POSITION, MOVABLE MEANS IN SAID BOX FOR CLOSING A LOWER END OF SAID MOLD DURING FILLING THEREOF IN SAID VERTICAL POSITION, MEANS FOR CONSOLIDATING SAID MATERIAL IN SAID MOLD IN SAID VERTICAL POSITION, MEANS IN SAID BOX FOR LOCATING AND DURING FILLING BACKING SAID MOVABLE MEANS, AND HORIZONTALLY ACTING MEANS REMOVED FROM SAID BOX THROUGHOUT SAID SWINGING THEREOF AND PROJECTABLE THEREINTO IN SAID HORIZONTAL POSITION FOR MOVING SAID MOVABLE MEANS ALONG SAID BOX AND THEREBY STRIPPING THEREFROM THROUGH SAID OPEN END SAID LINER AND A MOLDED ARTICLE THEREON, SAID MOVABLE MEANS BEING RELEASABLY CONNECTABLE TO SAID HORIXONTALLY ACTING MEANS FOR RETURN THEREBY TO STARTING POSITION IN SAID BOX ON RETRACTION THEREOF AFTER SAID STRIPPING.