Mould stripping machine

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS INCLUDING A CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR FOR HANDLING MOLD FLASKS BEING TRANSPORTED, SAID CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR TRAVELING ALONG A RECTILINEAR PATH, INCLUDING A ROTATABLE FLASK HANDLING STRUCTURE SUPPORTED IN OVERLYING RELATION TO SAID CONVEYOR INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF AND HAVING AN AXIS OF ROTATION VERTICALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF THE CONVEYOR, SAID FLASK HANDLING STRUCTURE OPERABLE TO MOVE MOLD FLASKS SEQUENTIALLY FROM A FIRST POSITION ON SAID CONVEYOR TO A STRIPPING STATION, SAID STRUCTURE FURTHER OPERABLE TO MOVE THE MOLD FLASKS FROM THE STRIPPING STATION TO A SECOND POSITION ON SAID CONVEYOR DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE THE FIRST POSITION WHEREBY THE MOLD FLASKS ARE MOVED ALONG THE SAME RECTILINEAR PATH, AT LEAST ONE FLASK RECEIVING UNIT MOUNTED ON SAID STRUCTURE FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE FLASKS CARRIED ON SAID CONVEYOR, SAID FLASK RECEIVING UNIT COMPRISING TWO PARALLEL BELL CRANK LEVERS, EACH LEVER HAVING ONE EXTREMITY ARTICULATED ON SAID STRUCTURE, EACH LEVER HAVING A CRANKED PORTION OPPOSITE SAID EXTREMITY, AND A CAM FIXED TO SAID FLASK HANDLING STRUCTURE ADJACENT THE CRANKED PORTIONS OF SAID BELL CRANK LEVERS AND ENGAGEABLE THEREBY TO GUIDE SAID CRANKED PORTIONS DURING THE ROTATING MOVEMENT OF SAID STRUCTURE.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS INCLUDING A CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR FOR HANDLING MOLD FLASKS BEING TRANSPORTED, SAID CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR TRAVELING ALONG A RECTILINEAR PATH, INCLUDING A ROTATABLE FLASK HANDLING STRUCTURE SUPPORTED IN OVERLYING RELATION TO SAID CONVEYOR INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF AND HAVING AN AXIS OF ROTATION VERTICALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF THE CONVEYOR, SAID FLASK HANDLING STRUCTURE OPERABLE TO MOVE MOLD FLASKS SEQUENTIALLY FROM A FIRST POSITION ON SAID CONVEYOR TO A STRIPPING STATION, SAID STRUCTURE FURTHER OPERABLE TO MOVE THE MOLD FLASKS FROM THE STRIPPING STATION TO A SECOND POSITION ON SAID CONVEYOR DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE THE FIRST POSITION WHEREBY THE MOLD FLASKS ARE MOVED ALONG THE SAME RECTILINEAR PATH, AT LEAST ONE FLASK RECEIVING UNIT MOUNTED ON SAID STRUCTURE FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE FLASKS CARRIED ON SAID CONVEYOR, SAID FLASK RECEIVING UNIT COMPRISING TWO PARALLEL BELL CRANK LEVERS, EACH LEVER HAVING ONE EXTREMITY ARTICULATED ON SAID STRUCTURE, EACH LEVER HAVING A CRANKED PORTION OPPOSITE SAID EXTREMITY, AND A CAM FIXED TO SAID FLASK HANDLING STRUCTURE ADJACENT THE CRANKED PORTIONS OF SAID BELL CRANK LEVERS AND ENGAGEABLE THEREBY TO GUIDE SAID CRANKED PORTIONS DURING THE ROTATING MOVEMENT OF SAID STRUCTURE.