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Machine for the production of hollow articles in at least one multiple mold

US4391578A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1980
Grant dateJul 5, 1983
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C2949/0715
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for producing hollow articles from, for instance, plastic or glass in viscous condition by means of at least one multiple mold comprising a plurality of mold elements into which gobs of the material are introduced and subsequently formed and expanded to finished hollow articles during a molding cycle, and in which the center distances of the plurality of mold elements or of part thereof are changed during each molding cycle; and a machine for carrying out the method.

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