Press for molding plastic

Claim 1

IN A MOLDING PRESS HAVING A BASE, A VERTICAL COLUMN SECURED TO ONE END OF THE BASE AND A LEVER ACTUATED BOXLIKE HOUSING MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL SLIDABLE MOVEMENT ON THE COLUMN, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING ; A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED U-SHAPED FRAME, MEANS SECURING SAID FRAME TO SAID HOUSING FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH ALONG SAID COLUMN, A FLEXIBLE SHEET OF MOLD-CONFORMING MATERIAL SECURED TO SAID FRAM ALONG BOTH SIDES THEREOF, A PEDESTAL AND A POSITIVE MOLD SUPPORTED THEREOF, A PEDESTAL REMOVABLE SECURED TO SAID BASE AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A POSITIVE MOLD WITH AN OVERLYING SHEET OF MOLDABLE MATERIAL, SAID PEDESTAL AND A POSITIVE MOLD SUPPORTED THEREON BEING OF LESS LENGTH AND WIDTH THAN SAID FRAME, WHEREBY DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID FRAME UNDER PRESSURE WILL, BY ITS CONTAINED SAID SHEET OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, FORCE SAID MOLDABLE MATERIAL INTO COMPLETE CONFORMITY WITH THE CONTOUR AND PROFILE OF SAID POSITIVE MOLD.