Mold part conveying and juxtapositioning apparatus

Claim 1

A MOLD PART CONVEYING AND JUXTAPOSITIONING DEVICE COMPRISING MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING A FIRST MOLD PART ALONG A FEED PATH, MEANS FOR CONVEYING A SECOND MOLD PART ALONG AN ASSEMBLY PATH, A FRAME OVERLYING A PORTION OF EACH OF SAID FEED PATH AND SAID ASSEMBLY PATH, A TRUCK MOVABLE ON SAID FRAME BETWEEN SAID FEED PATH AND SAID ASSEMBLY PATH AND ALSO BEING MOVABLE IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO AND OVERLYING SAID FEED PATH, MEANS FOR SHIFTING SAID TRUCK WHEN IT OVERLIES SAID FEED PATH TO A POSITION OVERLYING SAID ASSEMBLY PATH, A LIFTING DEVICE CARRIED ON SAID TRUCK MOVABLE DOWNWARDLY TO SAID ASSEMBLY PATH TO ENGAGE A MOLD PART THEREON AND UPWARDLY TO LIFT THE MOLD PART, MEANS FOR SHIFTING SAID TRUCK FROM SAID ASSEMBLY PATH TO SAID FEED PATH AND FOR SHIFTING SAID TRUCK ALONG SAID FEED PATH IN THE DIRECTION OF FEED OF THE MOLD PARTS ON SAID FEED PATH, SAID LIFTING DEVICE BEING MOVABLE DOWNWARDLY ONTO SAID FEED PATH TO POSITION THE MOLD PART WHICH IS LIFTED THEREBY ONTO THE MOLD PART BEING CONVEYED ON SAID FEED PATH, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TRUCK ALONG SAID FEED PATH AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SPEED AS SAID FIRST MOLD PART IS MOVED TO POSITION SAID MOLD PART CARRIED BY SAID LIFTING DEVICE ON SAID MOLD PART BEING CONVEYED ON SAID FEED PATH.