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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922478 | Control device using a follower member and a cam path to control an element of a machine for processing containers, and a container processor machine including such a device A control device using a follower member and a cam path to control an element of a container processor machine, the device comprising two cam paths defined by a single rigid assembly (5), means enabling relative movement between the follower member and the ri... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7905720 | Linear type molding unit for a container manufacturing installation The invention concerns a unit (6) for molding containers (2), comprising: a pair of half-molds (9), mounted respectively on two supports (10) mobile in horizontal translation; a primary transmission (19) controlling the movement of... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7442031 | Blow molding apparatus A blow molding apparatus that includes a preform supplying station for supplying preforms in an upright state, a heating station for heating the preforms to a suitable temperature condition for blow-molding while transporting the preforms, a blow station for blowing... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7396225 | Device for blow moulding, filling and closing plastic containers A production device for performing a blow molding, charging, and sealing process for plastic containers has a first type of molding device (10) into which a tube of plasticized plastic material may be introduced. The molding device (10) of the first ty... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7384261 | Molding device for producing thermoplastic containers A molding device for blow molding recipients made of a thermoplastic material, including a mold having two mold halves which are movable with respect to each other and provided with a locking device extending along the total height of the mold halves and including t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384262 | Blow molding apparatus A mold opening/closing mechanism of a blow molding apparatus in which a plurality of blow-molding molds are transported along a circular transportation passage with a fixed feed pitch, and each blow-molding mold has a pair of molding dies capable of opening and clos... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381045 | Quick change blow mold tooling Quick change blow mold tooling includes a pair of mold cavity blocks that cooperate to define a series of blow cavities. The tooling further includes a pushup plate having a series of bottom contours that plug the otherwise open bottoms of the cavities when the push... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377766 | Molding device for the production of containers in thermoplastic material A moulding device for the production of containers in thermoplastic material, by blowing or blow-drawing, including a mould with two mould halves mutually mobile and provided with a locking device with two lock elements extending over the total height of the respect... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364422 | Mould driving device A driving device for moulds for the production of containers, for example, bottles or the like made of polyethylene, polypropylene or other plastic materials, in which the moulds (2) consist of two half-shells (3) designed to be brought together and pr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7341443 | Moulding device for the production of containers in thermoplastic material A molding device for the production of containers in thermoplastic material by blowing or blow-drawing, including a mold with two mold halves mutually mobile and provided with a locking device with first and second lock elements, in the form of catches, extending ov... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335007 | Quick change mold A mold insert set is provided for use with a mold system having first and second mold bodies, the first and second mold bodies aligning opposite each other during a molding process. Each of the mold bodies has at least one insert receiving region for replaceably rec... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7300273 | System for forming a hollow body A system for forming a hollow body may include at least one closing unit positioned beneath the die of a tube extrusion device. The closing unit may include a first vertical closing plate and second vertical closing plate. Specifically, an upper horizontal closing p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293979 | Molding device A molding device moves at least one molding tool (10), especially for generating head geometries in plastic containers, by a link motion (22). The link motion brings the respective molding tool (10) into the closed position at least for closing ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278848 | Molding device A molding device includes a device for displacing at least one molding tool (10, 10a), especially for the production of geometrics of plastic containers, by a linking motion (12) which brings the respective molding tool (10, 10a) i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267537 | Lock apparatus for the base portion of a blow mold Clam shell-type blow mold apparatus has a pair of opposed upper mold halves that cooperate to define a partial blow cavity. A one-piece bottom mold portion that completes the blow cavity is locked up against the top mold portion by a locking assembly to prevent sepa... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258538 | Apparatus for blow molding A mold assembly for blow molding comprises first and second mating mold components, each mating mold component comprising molding surfaces open to a mating face of the mold component and defining the exterior of an article to be molded from a tubular parison and at ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258542 | Mold assembly for blow molding plastic articles and method of use A mold assembly for blow molding plastic articles is provided having an upper mold member, a lower mold member and a lower support member. The lower mold member is preferably a relatively lightweight plate having a generally centrally located molding cavity matingly... | 08/21/2007 |
| RE39769 | Blow molding device for producing thermoplastic containers The invention concerns a device for producing thermoplastic containers, in particular bottles, by the blow-molding or stretch blow-molding of a preheated preform. The device comprises at least one mould consisting of two half-molds (2) each supported by a mou... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249944 | Device for blow-molding or blow-drawing of thermoplastic containers A device for blow molding or blow drawing of containers made of thermoplastic performs. The molding device is movable, mainly rotatable and includes at least one wallet-type mold provided with two mold-halves rotatable with respect to each other around an axis; two ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7241130 | Device for blow-molding or stretch blow molding of thermoplastic containers A device for blow-molding or stretch blow-molding of thermoplastic material performs, the mold including two half-molds and a mold base mutually mobile through actuating devices controlled by a fixed cam. A link rod device with three degrees of freedom in rotation i... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220119 | Pre-stressed tie rod and method of manufacture The present invention relates to a pre-stressed tie rod and method of manufacture. The pre-stressed tie rod can be used on injection molding machines to increase the length of the tie rod and movement of the platen, wherein the tie rods are loaded to restrict mold s... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182590 | Mold clamping mechanism of injection molding machine A toggle type mold clamping mechanism for preventing the degradation of parallelism between stationary and movable platens, which is caused due to a clearance between a pin and a bushing, with use of a simple construction. A mold clamping force acting on the pin is ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7147456 | Mold device having a combination of molds for stretch blow molding The present invention relates to a mold device having a combination of molds for stretch blow molding, comprising a main blow mold 5, installed on a pair of platens 2 by being separated into split molds 5a, a pre-blow mold 10, atta... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140871 | Cam-type guiding device and molding installation using same A cam-operated guiding device for controlling a related movement of a member which is moreover continuously displaced, the device including two mutually transversely offset parallel cams with which co-operate respectively two coaxial rollers for bilaterally guiding ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137804 | System for actuating a two part mould forming two mutually articulated half-moulds Actuation system for opening and closing a two-part mold that includes first and second mold parts movably mounted to each other. The actuation system includes a carriage which can move in each of two directions, a first pivoting part coupled to the first mold part,... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131830 | Blow molding machine The present invention provides a blow molding machine comprising a plurality of pillars 5 set up facing on a seat 4 above a base 3 located above a blow mold 2; a stationary platen 6 provided bridging on the top portions of the pill... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114945 | Blow mold device The shifting of the parting line between split molds due to mold clamping force is prevented. A blow mold device (11) wherein a pair of split molds forming a blow cavity (12) are a set of molds, and a plurality of such sets are attached in parallel to ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108501 | Injection blow moulding apparatus for producing biaxial oriented thermoplastic containers The present invention refers to an Integrated Injection-Stretch-Blow Mold suitable for producing bi-orientated thermoplastics containers, which can be installed in an injection molding machine, occupying the space normally destined for injection molds. It consists o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097446 | Blow-molded container and closure, and method and apparatus for making same A blow-molded plastic container and reinforced lid are simultaneously produced in a blow mold. A lid is reinforced by having a portion of the lid formed by blow molding techniques and another portion of the lid formed by compression molding techniques. The container... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7048531 | Molding unit comprising a compensation chamber delimited by a membrane, membrane for such a unit and machine equipped with such a unit The invention concerns a molding unit comprising, between two components consisting of a mold element (22) and its support (18), a compensating chamber (56) wherein a pressurized fluid is injected to move apart the mold element (22) from ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033162 | Injection blow molding device An injection blow molding device in which a lip mold is formed in different shapes for an injection mold and a blow mold. Mold clamping surfaces corresponding to the different shapes are formed on the injection mold and the blow mold, respectively, to prevent an air... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6994542 | Air flow compensation for mold carrier A mold half carrier has first and second air flow compensating surface areas. The second air flow compensating surface area encloses the first air flow compensating surface area. The first air flow compensating surface area provides pressure compensation for formati... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994543 | Internally label-sticking mold An internally label-sticking mold includes an outer mold and an inner mold. The outer mold has an interior hollow for containing a shaped material and the inner mold, and the inner mold has an interior hollow for containing a label therein. Thus, when the outer mold... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976836 | Biaxial stretch blow molding method and apparatus for wide-mouthed containers In a biaxial stretch blow molding apparatus (10) for wide-mouthed containers, preforms (6) that are in an inverted state are conveyed on a single plane by preform carriers (40) that go around a carrier circuit (30) in the form of a loop, ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6951629 | Blow mold and method for adjusting a blow mold A blow mold (1) for a stretching machine or a glass blowing machine, comprising two mold halves (3, 4) which are pivotably connected by at least one connecting pin (2), and a shutting device and locking device in the form of a closing clamp (... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6929462 | Mold part guide mechanism Disclosed is a mold for forming molded products including a guide mechanism for guiding at least one movable mold part into and out of the closed mold forming position with another mold part. In a preferred embodiment, the guide mechanism includes a mount for guidin... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923636 | Blow molding machine A blow-molding machine for producing blow-molded hollow bodies from a thermoplastic material, includes two blow-mold halves which can be horizontally displaced and provided with separate drive units for a transport drive and for the sequence of movements of the mold... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923637 | Blow molding machine Each of the clamping plates of the closing unit of the blow molding machine has secured thereto a pivotable locking means which in the calibration position in the swung-up state comes into engagement with a plate which is part of the calibration device. A short fric... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918754 | Blow mold and blow-molding machine A blow mold machine, comprising two lockable mold halves. A locking element is fixed onto one mold half and a shaft with at least one recess is mounted in the other mold half. The shaft can be pivoted between a locking position, in which it lies against the locking ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6884059 | Electrically actuated blow-moulding machine Machine for moulding containers (3a) made of plastic material, comprising an assembly (2) for extruding tubes (3) of plastic material, a blowing assembly (5), a mould for containing containers (3a), formed by two half... | 04/26/2005 |