Abstract: A parts collection system for injection molding machines is disclosed. The system provides for easy and quick changing of devices adapted for receiving molded parts discharged from the molding machine. Generally, the parts collection system of the present invention includes a pair of support tracks for mounting to the frame of the molding machine having a pair of mold member operably connected thereto. Adjustably mounted to the support tracks are a pair of retaining beams for suspending devices adapted to receive parts dropped from the mold members.

Abstract: A tensioning and tracking system with specific useful features for adjusting a conveyor belt is disclosed. Generally, the tensioning and tracking systems include a pair of plate members attached together and defining a channel and an elongated opening. Mounted within the channel is a slide plate having a distal end. Also, connected to one of the side plate members is a rotating member for reciprocally advancing the distal end of the slide plate into the elongated opening. The position of the slide plate within the elongated opening is secured by a locking screw connected to one of the plate members.

Abstract: A tensioning and tracking system with specific useful features for adjusting a conveyor belt is disclosed. Generally, the tensioning and tracking systems include a pair of plate members attached together and defining a channel and an elongated opening. Mounted within the channel is a slide plate having a distal end. Also, connected to one of the side plate members is a rotating member for reciprocally advancing the distal end of the slide plate into the elongated opening. The position of the slide plate within the elongated opening is secured by a locking screw connected to one of the plate members.

Abstract: A tensioning and tracking system with specific useful features for adjusting a conveyor belt is disclosed. Generally, the tensioning and tracking systems include a pair of plate members attached together and defining a channel and an elongated opening. Mounted within the channel is a slide plate having a distal end. Also, connected to one of the side plate members is a rotating member for reciprocally advancing the distal end of the slide plate into the elongated opening. The position of the slide plate within the elongated opening is secured by a locking screw connected to one of the plate members.

Abstract: An improved conveyor belt tensioner, accessible from the top of the conveyor has a push block which slides along an angled guide to apply force between the take up member and the frame of the conveyor. Also, a guide which is laterally movable along a cross support between the frame of the conveyor is provided to adjust the centering of the belt between the frame members.

Abstract: A guide skirt for guiding parts ejected from an injection mold to a receptacle includes side panels which are adapted to be attached at the top to respective mold-platen assemblies and are hingedly connected together so that as the mold-platen assemblies move between open and closed positions the bottom edges of the side panels move between open and closed positions causing the freshly molded parts to be retained in the skirt when the mold-platen assemblies are open and the molded parts are ejected from the mold and after a predetermined time thereafter to be released from the skirt when the mold-platen assemblies again close.

Abstract: Peak pressure in a mold is sensed and if it is outside a predetermined range the part or parts being molded are separated from parts produced while the peak pressure is within the predetermined range.

Abstract: A soft, flexible cover which is adapted to be attached over the open top of a container has a transparent section for viewing the contents of a container with which the cover is used, a filter section for removing entrained matter from air entering the container, and a tubular section for sealable attachment to a suction tube extending therethrough into the container.

Abstract: A collapsible guide skirt formed of a limp, flexible fabric hangs from a pair of molds and prevents the molded parts from bouncing away as they fall to a parts receiving receptacle.