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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Grants
- Sprachen: English
- Patent Number: 10899,057
- Publication Date: January 26, 2021
- Appl. No: 16/408600
- Application Filed: May 10, 2019
- Assignees: MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG (Hochheim, DE)
- Claim: 1. A handling plate for handling or aftertreatment of a plurality of mouldings, wherein the handling plate has a plurality of handling and/or aftertreatment tools arranged in columns and rows, wherein spacings between the handling and/or aftertreatment tools are variable within the columns and/or within the rows, wherein the handling plate has a base element and a plurality of carrier elements which are or can be fixed to the base element, wherein each carrier element has two receiving means for receiving handling and/or aftertreatment tools, wherein the tool receiving means of the carrier elements are arranged along a carrier element axis, wherein each carrier element has at least two receiving surfaces, wherein the receiving surfaces are arranged in different planes relative to the carrier element axis, wherein two tool receiving means are arranged on each receiving surface along the carrier element axis, and wherein spacing between the tool receiving means in the receiving surfaces differ.
- Claim: 2. A handling plate according to claim 1 , wherein the handling and/or aftertreatment tools are receiving cavities for receiving preforms.
- Claim: 3. A handling plate according to claim 1 , wherein the handling and/or aftertreatment tools are gripping tools for gripping a preform, cooling pins which are provided to be moved into an interior of the preform in order there either to supply a fluid or to suck a fluid away, and/or embossing tools which are provided to be introduced into the interior of the preform in order there to come into contact with the preform and change the shape thereof.
- Claim: 4. A handling plate according to claim 1 , wherein the handling plate has a base element and a plurality of carrier elements which are or can be fixed to the base element, and wherein each carrier element has tool receiving means for receiving handling and/or aftertreatment tools.
- Claim: 5. A handling plate according to claim 4 , wherein the carrier elements can be fixed to the base element in a first and a second position, wherein spacing between adjacent carrier elements in the first position is less than in the second position, and wherein the carrier elements can be fixed to the base element in any intermediate position arranged between the first and second positions.
- Claim: 6. A handling plate according to claim 5 , wherein the tool receiving means of the plurality of carrier elements are of such a configuration that each of the plurality of handling and/or aftertreatment tools can be fixed to the carrier elements at different spacings.
- Claim: 7. A handling plate according to claim 5 , wherein each carrier element has four receiving surfaces.
- Claim: 8. A handling plate according to claim 4 , wherein the tool receiving means of the plurality of carrier elements are of such a configuration that each of the plurality of handling and/or aftertreatment tools can be fixed to the carrier elements at different spacings.
- Claim: 9. A handling plate according to claim 8 , wherein each carrier element has four receiving surfaces.
- Claim: 10. A handling plate according to claim 4 , wherein each carrier element has four receiving surfaces.
- Claim: 11. A handling plate according to claim 10 , wherein the carrier elements have a form of hollow chamber profile members of polygonal cross-section.
- Claim: 12. A handling plate according to claim 11 , wherein the hollow chamber profile member provides a plurality of hollow chambers, and wherein each of the plurality of hollow chambers is associated with each receiving surface so that each tool receiving means has a fluid communication with the associated hollow chamber.
- Claim: 13. A handling plate according to claim 12 , wherein there is provided at least one closure element with which the fluid communication between the tool receiving means and the associated hollow chamber is closable.
- Claim: 14. A handling plate according to claim 10 , wherein the carrier elements have a form of hollow chamber profile members of rectangular cross-section.
- Claim: 15. A handling plate according to claim 14 , wherein the hollow chamber profile member provides a plurality of hollow chambers, and wherein each of the plurality of hollow chambers is associated with each receiving surface so that each tool receiving means has a fluid communication with the associated hollow chamber.
- Claim: 16. A handling plate according to claim 15 , wherein there is provided at least one closure element with which the fluid communication between the tool receiving means and the associated hollow chamber is closable.
- Claim: 17. A handling plate according to claim 4 , wherein the carrier elements have a form of hollow chamber profile members of polygonal cross-section.
- Claim: 18. A handling plate according to claim 17 , wherein the hollow chamber profile member provides a plurality of hollow chambers, and wherein each of the plurality of hollow chambers is associated with each receiving surface so that each tool receiving means has a fluid communication with the associated hollow chamber.
- Claim: 19. A handling plate according to claim 18 , wherein there is provided at least one closure element with which the fluid communication between the tool receiving means and the associated hollow chamber is closable.
- Claim: 20. A handling plate according to claim 17 , wherein the carrier elements have a form of hollow chamber profile members of rectangular cross-section.
- Claim: 21. An injection moulding tool for producing preforms comprising: a cavity plate and a core plate which can be reciprocated relative to each other between a closed position in which cores of the core plate are arranged within cavities of the cavity plate and an opened position in which the cavity plate is further away from the core plate than in the closed position; and a removal plate and an aftertreatment plate, wherein the removal plate can be moved in the opened position between the core plate and the cavity plate to receive the produced preforms, the aftertreatment plate has a plurality of handling and/or aftertreatment tools and the aftertreatment plate can be reciprocated relative to the removal plate or an intermediate plate between an aftertreatment position and a waiting position, wherein, in the aftertreatment position, at least one handling and/or aftertreatment tool comes into contact with a preform held by the removal plate or the intermediate plate or conveys fluid into or removes fluid from same, wherein the removal plate and/or the intermediate plate and/or the aftertreatment plate is a handling plate that includes the plurality of handling and/or aftertreatment tools arranged in columns and rows, and wherein spacings between the handling and/or aftertreatment tools are variable within the columns and/or within the rows, wherein the handling plate has a base element and a plurality of carrier elements which are or can be fixed to the base element, wherein each carrier element has two receiving means for receiving handling and/or aftertreatment tools, wherein the tool receiving means of the carrier elements are arranged along a carrier element axis, wherein each carrier element has at least two receiving surfaces, wherein the receiving surfaces are arranged in different planes relative to the carrier element axis, wherein two receiving means are arranged on each receiving surface along the carrier element axis, and wherein spacing between the tool receiving means in the receiving surfaces differ.
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- Other References: Search Report dated Oct. 25, 2018, issued in corresponding German Patent Application No. 10 2018 111 875.9. cited by applicant ; Extended European Search Report issued in corresponding European Patent Application No. 19173517.4, dated Sep. 26, 2019. cited by applicant
- Assistant Examiner: Luk, Emmanuel S
- Primary Examiner: Zhao, Xiao S
- Attorney, Agent or Firm: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
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