Abstract: Container (1) of thermoplastic material such as PET, having a body (2) comprising at least one facet (6) defining a deformable membrane, delimited by a ridge (7) with closed contour, and in which an oblong groove (8) is made.

Abstract: A container inverting device is capable of inverting containers that have a neck oriented in a first direction at the entrance of the device and then in a second direction at the exit of the device. The inverting device includes at least one clamp (45) for holding the neck of a container. The clamp (45) is mounted on a belt (49) by a fixing bracket (47), and in order to invert the container, the belt passes around at least one pulley (33) and moves the clamp from one side of the pulley (33) to the other.

Abstract: A regulation method for ordering a flow of two lines of products includes at least: —a first step of slowing when the spacing value between a first product pertaining to one of the lines and a second product, situated immediately upstream and pertaining to another of the lines is less than a first set value; and—a second step of slowing when the value of the spacing between a downstream product of the first line and the proximal product situated immediately upstream on the second line is lower than a second set value, the first step of slowing and second step of slowing being respectively implemented selectively so as to place in phase the spacings between the products of the first and second lines according to a sequence determined as a function of the device for transferring to cavities.

Abstract: The invention relates to manufacturing thermoplastic material containers (2) with a petaloid bottom (4) by drawing-blowing hot preforms (16) in a blowing mold that has a petaloid mold bottom (1) including radiating ridges (13) alternating with cavities (11) that are adapted to form the valleys (7) and the feet (5), respectively, of the container bottom; during drawing, heat losses are reduced in longitudinal zones (19) of the end part (20) of the preforms, extending over the bottom (18) and over an axial portion of their body (21), distributed over the periphery of the ends of the preforms facing respective cavities (11) of the mold bottom (1).

Abstract: Device for conveying objects (1), with supporting and/or guiding means comprising two facing rails (7) situated transversely apart and parallel; at least one of said rails (7) comprises a movable rail section (12) that is adjacent to a fixed portion (13), situated upstream and/or downstream of such rail and means (17) of driving said rail section (12) are capable of moving the latter between two operating positions: a conveying position in which said rail section (12) is aligned with said fixed rail portion (13) and ensures the continuity of the rail (7) and a retracted position in which said rail section (12) is out of alignment with said fixed rail portion (13) in order to interrupt the continuity of the rail (7).

Abstract: A mold for fabricating containers made of thermoplastic material by blow-molding or stretch-blow molding a blank, which mold has a seat situated at the opening in the molding cavity for the purpose of receiving the rim of said blank, and cooling means for cooling said rim and, between said cooling means and the impression of the shoulder of the cavity of the mold, said mold has thermal insulation means for breaking a thermal bridge. The cooling circuit for cooling the rim is etched in a lid that is mounted around the opening of the cavity of the mold, and this etched portion rests in leaktight manner on a piece that acts as a thermal insulator.

Abstract: A machine for filling containers, including a plurality of filling spouts, and a cleaning device comprising a plurality of individual tubular collecting elements rigidly mounted on a collection tube, and a device for moving the collection tube between a retracted position and a service position in which the collecting elements are in contact, via the upstream ends thereof, with the filling spouts. The collection tube laterally supports the collecting elements, such that, in the retracted position, the collecting elements are arranged between the filling spouts. The moving device capable of moving the collection tube from the retracted position thereof to the service position thereof by at least one downward vertical translational movement, followed by a horizontal movement.

Abstract: The method of the invention comprises guiding the bottles (1) in an angled direction on the alignment table (13) between the inlet and the outlet thereof and simultaneously gradually accelerating the speed of said bottles (1) on a portion of said table (13) from said inlet in order to reach a speed higher that the nominal speed Vn. The method further comprises submitting the bottles (1) to at least two alternating closing-up and spacing operations in the downstream portion of the alignment table (13) before the discharge thereof in the form of a queue made by a transfer conveyor (14). The equipment for implementing the method particularly comprises: a group of bands including at least two pairs of bands (15.1, 15.2, and 15.3, 15.4 . . . ) operated within each pair at different speeds in order to carry out in an alternating manner from one pair to the other closing-up and spacing operations of the bottles (1) running on said bands (15as).

Abstract: The invention relates to a molding device for producing vessels by blowing or stretch-blowing from preforms of a heated thermoplastic material, the device including at least one mold that has at least two half-molds and a driving mechanism for moving the half-molds between an open position and a closed position. The two half-molds are hinged together for rotation about a hinge axis included in the junction plane and perpendicular to the axis of the molding cavity, the hinge axis being located under the half-molds, while a mechanism for locking the half-molds in their closed position are also provided. Each half-mold includes an outer surface area capable of abutment with an inner surface area of the mechanism for locking the half-molds in their closed position. The locking mechanism is in the form of a clamp capable of clamping the two half-molds in their closed position.

Abstract: The invention relates to equipment including a robotized palletizing station comprising a robot (10) to which objects on a pallet (3) are accessible, said robotized palletizing station being placed in a closed chamber (1) provided with a door (7) providing access to said palletizing station, said station being provided with a cradle (17), said cradle consisting of a stationary portion (18, 19, 20, 21), provided so as to center and guide the pallet when it is partially fed into said palletizing station, and a movable portion (29, 22) that picks up said pallet (3) so as to place it in a reference position in said palletizing station, as well as to take said pallet from said reference position after it has been filled.

Abstract: Disclosed is a moulding device for a machine for producing containers consisting of a thermoplastic material by forming a pre-heated preform using at least one pressurized fluid. The device includes: two mould carriers mounted in such a way that they can move in relation to each other about a rotational axis, between an open position and a closed position; two mould halves that each have a half-impression, are carried by a mould carrier, and are respectively mounted in the associated mould carrier; and fixing element that can dismountably fix each mould half, in its mounted position, to the mould carrier. The element for fixing each mould half to the mould carrier, which are mounted in such a way that they can move at least between a fixing position and a release position, can be controlled as they move between the positions when the mould carriers are in the closed position.

Abstract: A method for changing a mould of a moulding device, includes at least the following steps for dismounting a mould: (a) controlling fixing elements in order to release each mould half (20), (b) joining the mould halves together in order to form a single transportable sub-set, (c) opening mould carriers (14) from their closed position during steps (a) and (b) in order to extract, with a translational movement, the sub-set arranged in a reference position, and (d) removing the sub-set as a single unit from its reference position, from between the mould carriers.

Abstract: A preform transfer device includes at least one clamp including two levers pivoting between an open position and a closed position and elements for the elastic return of the levers to the closed position. The device includes a mechanism for selectively controlling the opening and closing of the clamp, this mechanism including: a lever spreading member driven by a link including at least one free end able to interact with actuating elements to cause the clamp to open against the force of the elastic return elements, and associated locking elements that are able to move between a locked position in which the clamp is held in the open position and a retracted position in which the clamp is free to close, the locking elements being able to interact with second actuating elements designed to cause the locking element to move from the locked position to the retracted position, to trigger the closure of the clamp.

Abstract: Disclosed is a molding device for a machine for manufacturing containers, including: two half-molds; two mold carriers, each of which is provided with a recess for receiving a corresponding half-mold; and at least one retractable attachment bolt that is slidably mounted in at least one mold carrier between an operative position, in which the bolt is extended to removably attach the corresponding half-mold in a clampingly mounted position against the back wall of the corresponding recess, and a retracted position, in which the bolt releases the half-mold, characterized in that each bolt and/or the corresponding half-mold include a clamping strip that is angled so as to cause the half-mold to bear against the back wall of the recess during the sliding of the attachment bolt from the retracted position thereof to the operative position thereof.

Abstract: An installation for manufacturing containers by moulding from a perform includes at least one moulding unit having a control device for controlling at least one nozzle associated with a mould, the nozzle being vertically movably mounted so as to move vertically between a top position and a bottom position in which the mould is closed. The nozzle covers at least one flow opening that includes an upper horizontal wall of the mould. The manufacture involves at least a first step including, the mould being closed, systematically controlling the vertical descent of the nozzle towards the bottom position independently of the presence or absence of a preform in the mould so that, both when the installation is operating and when it is at rest, the internal volume of the mould is isolated in order to avoid the risk of airborne particulate contamination.

Abstract: Disclosed is a molding device (10) for a machine for manufacturing containers, in particular bottles, made of a thermoplastic material by blow-molding or stretch blow-molding a preheated preform. The molding device (10) includes: two half-molds (14), each of which is provided with a half-cavity (16) and each of which includes a sealing surface (18) and an outer surface (20); two mold carriers (34), each of which has a recess (40) for receiving a corresponding half-mold (14); and an attachment element (44, 52) for removably attaching each half-mold (14) into the recess (40) of the corresponding mold carrier (34), characterized in that the attachment element (44, 52) is controlled by the attraction of the half-mold (14) against the back wall (42) of the recess (40) of the mold carrier (34).