Patent 7540739 was granted and assigned to Geiss on June, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention relates to a thermoforming machine including:a frame;a first plate and a second plate for receiving form sections, wherein at least one of the plates is adjustable relative to the frame;drive means for adjusting the plates relative to each other; anda pulling mechanism for pulling the second plate in the direction of the first plate, wherein the pulling mechanism includes at least one pulling device mounted to one of the plates, the pulling device including a pulling rod, which can be clamped by a friction locked coupling with an associated clamping device, mounted at the other one of the plates, when adjusting the first and second plates relative to each other.