Apparatus for the continuous manufacture of chains

Claim 1

APPARTUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CHAIN LINKS OR LIKE CONNECTED ARTICLES FROM INJECTION-MOLDABLE OR CASTABLE MATERIAL, COMPRISING A MOLD MADE FROM A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY MOVABLE MOLD SECTIONS DEFINING BETWEEN THEM TWO INTERSECING PARTING PLANES WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL WHEN THE APPARATUS IS IN ITS OPERATING POSITION, SAID MOLD SECTIONS BEING RECESSED TO DEFINE AT LEAST TWO CAVITIES INTERLINKED VERTICALLY, THE MEDIAL PLANE OF EACH MOLDING RECESS LYING IN ONE OF THE PARTING PLANES, AT LEAST ONE OF THE MOLDING RECESSES HAVING EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM IT A FURTHER RECESS TO DEFINE AT LEAST ONE POSITIONING LUG ON THE ARTICLE FORMED WHEN MATERIAL IS CAST OR MOLDED IN THE RECESS, THE MOLDING RECESSES ADAPTED TO BE PLACED IN COMMUNICATION WITH AN INJECTION-MOLDING OR CASTING MACHINE, AND SAID MOLD SECTIONS BEING RECESSED TO DEFINE A HOUSING FOR AT LEAST PART OF A COMPLETED ARTICLE, THE HOUSING BEING INTERLINKED BY A MOLDING RECESS BUT ISOLATED FROM IT.