Foam molding machine

Claim 1

Foam molding apparatus, comprising a rotatable table, a plurality of molds disposed on said table, means for heating and cooling each of said molds, means being fixed in place relative to said table for filling a specific quantity of foamable reaction mixture having several components into each of said molds, means for opening and closing each of said molds, means disposed in vicinity of said table for indicating an angular position of said table and said molds by generating signals representing the angular position of said table and for initiating functions of the apparatus corresponding to the position of said table, stationary master computer means disposed outside said table and connected to said indicating means for coordinating operations of the apparatus by receiving said signals from said indicating means and determining time periods based on said angular position, first slave computer means disposed on and rotatable with said table, said first slave computer means being connected to and controlled by said master computer means and being connected to said opening and closing means and to said heating and cooling means for opening and closing each of said molds in dependence on the position thereof and for controlling the heating and cooling of each of said molds in dependence on time, stationary second slave computer means disposed outside said table, said second slave computer means being connected to and controlled by said master computer means and being connected to said filling means for controlling said filling means in dependence on the position of said molds, said filling means including a separate metering pump for dispensing each of the reaction mixture components.