Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for blow-molding hollow articles, in particular bottles

US4072456A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 1, 1976
Grant dateFeb 7, 1978
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Expiry dateOct 1, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C49/6835
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A blow mold structure for the blowing of containers, bottles or the like rein a coolant fluid is circulated through the mold. The blow mold includes a pair of openable and closable mold blocks, each carrying a mold insert. The changeable inserts cooperably define the mold cavity, and coolant fluid is circulated between each insert and the adjacent mold block to cool the cavity-defining inserts. A series of grooves is formed in the exterior surface of the mold insert, the insert is sealed to its mold block and coolant fluid is introduced into and removed from the grooves through supply passages in the mold block. A chamfered abutment at one end of each insert and a mounting flange at the other end insures quick changing of inserts while maintaining structural rigidity during use.

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