Apparatus for removing flash

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR MOVING FLASH FROM MOLDED ARTICLES COMPRISING A SUPPORT MEANS, A ROTATABLE CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING SAID ARTICLES HAVING HEAT EXCHANGE SURFACES AND A PAIR OF ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID CONTAINER IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER, THE AXIS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER BEING DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE 5* TO SAID ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS, BEARING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS SUPPORTING SAID ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS, SAID CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER HAVING A FLUID PASSAGE MEANS DISPOSED IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATION THEREWITH AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS, A ROTATABLE HOUSING MOUNTED ON SAID ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS ADJACENT SAID BEARING MEANS, INSULATION MEANS SURROUNDING SAID ROTATABLE CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER SUPPORTED BY SAID ROTATABLE HOUSING, ACCESS MEANS PROVIDED TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER, RECEPTACLE MEANS HAVING A PERFORATED BOTTOM WALL DISPOSED ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER FOR RECEIVING SAID ARTICLES THROUGH SAID ACCESS MEANS, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CONTAINER MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS, A PAIR OF STATIONARY HOLLOW TUBES EACH MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND EXTENDING INTO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS, SEALING MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN EACH ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFT AND SAID SUPPORT MEANS, EACH OF SAID STATIONARY HOLLOW TUBES EXTENDING A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE INTO ITS ASSOCIATED ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFT SO THAT DIRECT IMPINGEMENT OF REFRIGERANT FLOWING FROM SAID STATIONARY HOLLOW TUBE TO ITS ASSOCIATED ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFT, WITH THE ASSOCIATED SEALING MEANS IS PREVENTED AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SAID REFRIGERANT TO SAID FLUID PASSAGE MEANS THROUGH SAID HOLLOW TUBES AND SHAFTS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR MOVING FLASH FROM MOLDED ARTICLES COMPRISING A SUPPORT MEANS, A ROTATABLE CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING SAID ARTICLES HAVING HEAT EXCHANGE SURFACES AND A PAIR OF ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID CONTAINER IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER, THE AXIS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER BEING DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE 5* TO SAID ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS, BEARING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS SUPPORTING SAID ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS, SAID CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER HAVING A FLUID PASSAGE MEANS DISPOSED IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATION THEREWITH AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS, A ROTATABLE HOUSING MOUNTED ON SAID ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS ADJACENT SAID BEARING MEANS, INSULATION MEANS SURROUNDING SAID ROTATABLE CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER SUPPORTED BY SAID ROTATABLE HOUSING, ACCESS MEANS PROVIDED TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER, RECEPTACLE MEANS HAVING A PERFORATED BOTTOM WALL DISPOSED ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER FOR RECEIVING SAID ARTICLES THROUGH SAID ACCESS MEANS, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CONTAINER MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS, A PAIR OF STATIONARY HOLLOW TUBES EACH MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND EXTENDING INTO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFTS, SEALING MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN EACH ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFT AND SAID SUPPORT MEANS, EACH OF SAID STATIONARY HOLLOW TUBES EXTENDING A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE INTO ITS ASSOCIATED ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFT SO THAT DIRECT IMPINGEMENT OF REFRIGERANT FLOWING FROM SAID STATIONARY HOLLOW TUBE TO ITS ASSOCIATED ROTATABLE HOLLOW SHAFT, WITH THE ASSOCIATED SEALING MEANS IS PREVENTED AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SAID REFRIGERANT TO SAID FLUID PASSAGE MEANS THROUGH SAID HOLLOW TUBES AND SHAFTS.