Apparatus for manufacturing a plastic hollow body which has a slidable mandrel
US4808105A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 1988 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/1397
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed that is intended for manufacturing a hollow body. The hollow body has a head piece formed by blow-molding a preform segment. The apparatus includes a ring-shaped nozzle, a withdrawal device, and blow-mold pieces which are laterally, reciprocally movable. Regions of the hollow body are fabricated to have outer diameters which are less than the diameter of the extruded tubular segment before the segment is blow-molded. This is achieved by a reciprocally movable mandrel with a molding extension. The molding extension extends both radially and inwardly between projecting regions of the closed blow-mold pieces. The projecting regions of the blow-mold pieces press the corresponding parts of the preform segment against the molding extension, wherewith the ring-shaped nozzle opening is radially, outwardly offset with respect to the outer contour of the molding extension. Following the extrusion, the molding extension is advanced downward, in the embodiment illustrated, and serves as an implement for forming the inner shape of the reduced-diameter region or regions of the body part, and as an opposing thrust element for the blow-mold pieces which press together a r…
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