Forming Baffle, Bottleneck, Or Handle Patents (Class 425/525)
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Patent number: 12275181Abstract: The invention relates to a blow mold (100) comprising a mold base (101) having a cavity (102) as the mold cavity, the cavity (102) having a bottom region (1), a center region (2) and a top region (3). When the blow mold (100) is closed, the center region (2) can be moved relative to the top region (1) and/or relative to the bottom region (3).Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH &Co. KGInventors: Stephan Urabl, Dmitry Sokolov, Adem Demir
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Patent number: 12234052Abstract: A preform is provided for blow-molding to form a container. The preform includes a finish portion for rotatably engaging a closure to seal contents within an interior of the container. The finish portion comprises a cylindrical body that begins at an opening to the interior and extends to and includes a tamper evidence ledge. A mirror polished sealing surface inside the finish portion cooperates with a plug seal of the closure to seal the container. Threads outside the finish portion engage with similar threads inside the closure. Thread starts of the threads reduce potential damage to the threads during installation of the closure. The thread starts may include a start pitch that is greater than a thread pitch of the threads. A handling valley disposed between the threads and the tamper evidence ledge facilitates air-conveying the container along a manufacturing assembly line.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Ahmed Tasnub Takaddus
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Patent number: 12102603Abstract: A transparent bottle for holding a liquid includes a bottle body that includes a front wall, a rear wall and a first side wall and a second side wall that extend between the front wall and the rear wall. The first side wall includes a central portion and a front faceted portion that extends between the central portion and the front wall. The front faceted portion is curved relative to the central portion and is separated from the central portion by a front outer transition line and is separated from the front wall by a front inner transition line. A bottom that extends between the front wall, the rear wall and the first and second side walls. The bottom provides a base structure for supporting the bottle in an upright, standing position. A shoulder extends inward from the bottle body and a neck extends outward from the shoulder toward a mouth.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Elliott Michael Van Skaik, Dennis Lee Maclam, Luis Peraza
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Patent number: 12090695Abstract: The invention relates to a system for manufacturing polymer parts, comprising: a material-injection portion, a mould movable between at least one open position and a closed position, the mould comprising an outer mould portion, wherein the injection portion is suitable for injecting material into the closed mould so as to form at least one part when the injection portion is connected to the closed mould, and wherein the system is suitable for moving the injection portion relative to the mould after injection, the outer portion being kept in contact with the part formed by injection in order to cool the part during the movement of the injection portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Groupe JBTInventors: Dominique Malfroy, Laurent Lavina, Philippe Janod, Rémy Michaud
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Patent number: 11992975Abstract: A rapid mold replacing device for use in molding machine includes: a mold having lateral walls at two ends disposed with a pair of bolt slots; a pair of fastening members, having a locking member connected at an outer side of each fastening member, and protruded with a locking bolt, and a top surface of each locking member having an unlocking slot; and an unlocking mechanism, disposed on a top surface of the elevation seat and having at least one first retractable driving device, and a pair of unlocking blades capable of being synchronously driven by the first retractable driving device; when the pair of unlocking blades are inserted in or released from the pair of unlocking slots, the mold can be formed in an un locked or a locked status to the mold.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Inventor: Tsai-Shun Chang
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Patent number: 11930919Abstract: A structure constructed using a blow-molding process comprising a tabletop, a lip, a pair of blow points, and a continuous tack-off. The tabletop includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and a hollow interior portion disposed between the upper and lower surfaces. The lip extends downwardly relative to the lower surface. The lip includes an outer and an inner surface. The blow points are configured to receive a blow pin. The blow points include a first portion connected to the lower surface, a second portion connected to the inner surface, and a hollow interior portion in fluid communication with the hollow interior portion. The continuous tack-off is disposed between the tabletop and the lip and extends between the blow points. The continuous tack-off prevents fluid flow between the tabletop and the lip along the section of the lip.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Mitch Johnson, Kevin Boydston, Leo Cai
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Patent number: 11912458Abstract: A plastic container manufactured from a preform with a mass share of at least 80% polyester and possibly an additive from the group consisting of dyes, fillers, catalysers, additives and lubricative additives. The plastic container comprises a container neck and a container shoulder which connects with the container neck and merges into a container body closed by a container base. The container shoulder, the container base and the container body are exclusively reshaped by a 2-stage stretch blow moulding method. The polyester is a copolyester and comprises groups which originate from the monomers cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM) and/or monoethylene glycol (MEG), terephthalic acid (TPA) or its derivatives and isophthalic acid (IPA) or its derivatives. At least a part-region of the container body and/or of the container shoulder comprises a sharp edge with a radius of less than 0.5 mm. A method of manufacturing the plastic container is also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Robert Siegl, Christian Zmölnig
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Patent number: 11905396Abstract: Renewably-sourced biodegradable polyolefin packaging, utensils, and containers include a renewably-sourced polyolefin (for example, polyethylene and polypropylene) and a biodegrading agent. The renewably-sourced biodegradable polyolefin packaging is made from plant materials typically by polymerizing olefins that are made from reducing alcohols created by fermenting plant materials. An example of a suitable plant material is sugarcane and its derivatives. The biodegrading agent accelerates the biodegradation of polyolefin packaging even in anaerobic and dark (i.e., absent of ultraviolet light) environments. Such a packaging is particularly useful for packaging frozen food that is to be microwaved in the packaging. The package is also particularly usable as packaging for frozen comestibles, which are often stored at dry-ice temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Enlightened Product Solutions, LLCInventors: Randy Soibel, Robert L. Tammara
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Patent number: 11766820Abstract: Described are devices and containers that are scalable, modular, and lockable laterally and vertically with other like containers for a variety of applications. A container is formed by a wall attached at first end to a top end section with an opening and attached at a second end by a bottom end section. A container may have one or more of a tongue, formed on the wall, having and interconnecting mechanism to be received and interlocked by a groove. Vertical interconnectivity is accomplished with mechanisms to stack containers and prevent swivel using a ridge and channel interlocking arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Friendship Products LLCInventors: B. Everett Hendrickson, Timothy J. Carlson, A. Irene Hendrickson, Craig Severn, Ottmar Brandau, Michael Frederick
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Patent number: 11685093Abstract: A mold for injection molding includes: three or more cavity rows, each cavity row having a plurality of cavities; and a cooling flow path configured to allow a cooling medium to flow through the cooling flow path, the cooling medium cooling the cavities, the cooling flow path including: at least one supply port; a distribution conduit communicated with the supply port; a supply conduit communicated with the distribution conduit; a cavity cooling portion communicated with the supply conduit and provided to an outer periphery of the cavities; a discharge conduit communicated with the cavity cooling portion; a collecting conduit communicated with the discharge conduit; and at least one discharge port communicated with the collecting conduit, and the supply conduit and the discharge conduit are parallel to the cavity rows, and at least one supply conduit and at least one discharge conduit are provided for each cavity row.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventor: Daizaburo Takehana
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Patent number: 11472090Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a preform (1). The method includes injecting into a cavity of a mold through the gate: (i) a first colored resin (R1) for a first predetermined time period, and (ii) a second colored resin (R2), having a color different from that of the first colored resin, for a second predetermined time period.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi Chiba, Hiroshi Hosokoshiyama
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Patent number: 11318691Abstract: A mold includes: a first molding surface configured to form a lens surface of a scanning lens being elongated in a main-scanning direction; and a first coolant passage, which is disposed within the mold and through which a coolant to control the temperature of the first molding surface flows, wherein the first coolant passage includes: a first passage portion corresponding to a first lens portion which is a portion protruding most in an optical axis direction in the lens surface; and a second passage portion corresponding to a second lens portion which is a portion retreated most in the optical axis direction in the lens surface, and the second passage portion is located to be closer to the second lens portion than a virtual plane, which passes through the first passage portion and is orthogonal to the optical axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuomi Jibu, Hiroki Goto
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Patent number: 11148343Abstract: The present application provides: first base members that respectively hold split molds disposed at both ends in a second direction, and are fixed to a mold clamping plate; second base members disposed between the first base members and having the split molds other than the split molds fixed to the first base members fixed thereto; and coupling members that couple the first base members and the second base members in a state that allows each of the pair of split molds to come into contact or separate. The present invention is configured such that the plurality of second base members follow the movement of the first base members.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventor: Daizaburo Takehana
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Patent number: 11130271Abstract: A blow molding device including: an injection molding unit manufacturing a bottomed preform made of resin; a blow molding unit; a support part supporting the preform; and a conveying unit conveying the support part to the blow molding unit, wherein the blow molding unit includes: a first mold for performing a first step of subjecting the preform to heat-set blowing at a first temperature; a second mold for performing a second step of blow-molding an intermediate molded article, which has been blow-molded by the heat-set blowing, at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, thereby manufacturing a container; and a movement unit capable of moving the first mold and the second mold relative to the support part so as to perform the first step and the second step continuously.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Horigome
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Patent number: 11007701Abstract: A blow mold is provided and includes a cavity mold composed of a pair of split molds for forming a cavity in which a preform is to be housed, a link member having one end side pivotably supported by a shaft member, and having on another end side a recess insert die which presses the preform during blow molding to form a grip portion, and a cam member which is provided lateral to the cavity mold so as to be linearly movable, and which presses the link member in accordance with a linear movement thereof to pivot the link member.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Marumo
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Patent number: 10882242Abstract: A blow mould includes at least first and second blow mould elements that inscribe a concavity; and at least one insert having an embossed surface to form a pattern onto a blow-moulded surface. The at least one insert is attached onto a surface of at least one of the first and/or second blow mould elements to form a part of the wall of the blow-moulded product. Such blow mould is an ISBM blow mould and the blow mould is such that the at least one insert is a plate having a wall thickness of between 0.2 mm and 2.0 mm and is attached onto at least one of the first and/or second blow mould elements by a reversible fixation mechanism selected from the group of adhesives, preferably a double-sided adhesive tape, a magnet and a geometric mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: RESILUX NVInventors: Dirk De Cuyper, William Dierickx, Tom Anthierens
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Patent number: 10857721Abstract: A blow molding device of the invention includes a pair of blow cavity split molds (50A, 50B), a chuck member (80) that chucks a mouth portion (20) and conveys a preform (10A), a blow core mold (70) that includes a tubular portion (71) which surrounds circumferences of the mouth portion and a flange (25) and introduces blow air into the preform, and a pair of projecting members (60A, 60B) which have a halved ring shape and are provided detachably on each upper surface of the pair of blow cavity split molds. Each of the pair of projecting members includes an airtight sealing portion (61) which is in contact with a lower end face of the tubular portion of the blow core mold, and a positioning portion (62) which positions the flange of the preform.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Sakurai, Yoshiaki Tanabe
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Patent number: 10682800Abstract: Blow molding tools and a method of blow molding which provide that the tool have a retractable push up section in the base which allows for the article molded by the tool to have a recessed base internal to an otherwise hollow structure. As the push up is moveable, adjustment of the push up portion can be performed during an automated blow molding operation so as to allow release of the blow molded article.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Pretium Packaging, L.L.C.Inventor: Raymond C. Eble
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Patent number: 10456972Abstract: Molding unit (1) for the forming of a container (2) provided with a hollow recess (3), comprising: a mold (5) provided with a lateral wall (6) defining a cavity (7) and provided with a pocket (9) that comes out into the cavity (7); a boxing device (11) comprising: an insert (12) mounted in translation in the pocket (9) relative to the lateral wall (6) and provided with at least one passage (81) opening out; an actuator (16) integral with the insert (12) and provided with a piston (17) mounted in a chamber (22) defined in the wall (6) of the mold (5), the piston (17) subdividing the chamber (22) into a rear half-chamber (22A) in communication with a primary fluid duct (46), and a front half-chamber (22B) in communication, on the one hand, with a secondary fluid duct (50) and, on the other hand, with the pocket (9).Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONSInventors: Mikael Derrien, Laurent Penet
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Patent number: 10427350Abstract: A preform has a flange that protrudes outward at a neck, and is supplied in an inverted state. A preform handling device includes a star wheel that is configured so that the preform is supplied to each of a plurality of depressions that are formed in an outer circumferential part of a wheel, and pushes the preform to rotationally transfer the preform from an upstream region to a downstream region, an end face guide member that is provided in the upstream region so as to be situated under the preform and that support and guide an open end face of the preform, and a pair of flange guide members that are provided in the downstream region and that support and guide a lower side of the flange of the preform.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki Tanabe, Atsushi Sakurai
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Patent number: 10328622Abstract: An injection mold having a cavity for receiving a plastics melt and having a temperature-control system. The cavity comprises a plate-shaped first part and a plurality of hollow cylindrical second parts arranged next to one another perpendicularly to the first part. The temperature-control system comprises temperature-control channels divided into channel portions for transporting a temperature-control medium and a first and a second temperature-control medium connection, with at least one first channel portion arranged in parallel with the first part. Second channel portions are connected by a first end to the first channel portion and by a second end to a first end of a third channel portion. Third channel portions are connected by a second end to a fourth channel portion. One of the second channel portions and the connected third channel portion are surrounded at least in part by one of the second parts of the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Gerresheimer Regensburg GMBHInventors: Sandra Lindner, Rainer Lingl, Otto Bernklau, Holger Heining
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Patent number: 10189200Abstract: Stretch blow station tooling for stretch blowing at least one parison into a molded article, with such parison including a handle. The tooling comprises at least one blow mold assembly including first and second blow mold halves shiftable between an open position and a closed position. The first and second blow mold halves each include a body cavity surface formed therein. In the closed position, the body cavity surfaces of the first and second blow mold halves are aligned to define a blow cavity for receiving at least a portion of the parison. The tooling further comprises a plunger assembly including a plunger configured to be selectively positioned within the blow cavity. When the plunger is positioned within the blow cavity, the plunger is configured to contact the handle of the parison.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: R&D Tool & Engineering Co.Inventors: Dave Brunson, Michael J. Wilkerson, Brian Lefebure
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Patent number: 9688012Abstract: A blow mold assembly comprises removable neck insert mold components for forming features of a container for engaging a removable container closure and manually operable retention devices for releasably retaining the neck insert mold components with mating mold components of the mold assembly. Advantageously, each manually operable retention device comprises a clamp mechanism comprising a lever arm and clamp arm arranged so that the clamp arm is rotated between a release position and a clamp position by manual operation of the lever arm and the clamp mechanism is effective to resist forces acting on the clamp arm to rotate the clamp arm to the release position when the clamp arm is in the clamp position. Each manually operable retention device is retained with an associated mating mold component when a neck insert mold component is removed from or installed to the mold assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Milacron LLCInventors: Robert Anthony Spagnoli, Robert L. Padley, Christopher Brian Isaac
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Patent number: 9688013Abstract: A method of manufacturing a container from a blank in a stretch blowing assembly equipped with a mold provided with a wall and a mold bottom axially movable between an extended position and a retracted position and a stretch unit having a rod axially movable with respect to the wall and a device for controlling the movement of the rod. The method involves a stretch blowing phase; a boxing phase during which the mold bottom, initially in the extended position, is moved towards its retracted position, the boxing phase having a retraction operation including controlling a movement of the rod in synchronization with the movement of the mold bottom, or releasing the rod to allow the free axial movement thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONSInventors: Mikael Derrien, Thierry Deau, Pierrick Protais, Franck Santais
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Patent number: 9623601Abstract: Methods and apparatus for molding a vessel, such as a bottle, with a high quality sealing surface are described herein. In one embodiment, a stepped blow pin can be used to form the sealing surface of a bottle. A stepped blow pin can include a body with a distal end and a proximal end. The blow pin can include a first region that includes a first diameter and a first engagement surface. The blow pin can further include a second region that includes a second diameter. The second region can be positioned between the first region and the distal end. A transition section can be positioned between the first region and second region. The blow pin can also include a top surface position at the proximal end, and a bottom surface positioned at the distal end.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Heartland Consumer Products, LLCInventor: Teodor H. Gelov
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Patent number: 9539754Abstract: The present relates to a method of manufacturing a product by the steps of i) injecting a sufficiently heated thermoplastic material into a 1st cavity to form a preliminary product comprising a collar having a connecting feature located on the inner surface thereof, then ii) optionally cooling the preliminary product of step i), then iii) blow molding the preliminary product in a 2nd cavity to form a void volume, wherein steps i) to iii) are performed in a single molding unit, then iv) removing the finished product produced in step iii) from the single molding unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Vincent Hubert M. De Wilde, Guy Hubert Stephane Sylvain Culeron, Francisco Miguel De Tavares Duarte Nogueira
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Patent number: 9272458Abstract: A blow mold is disclosed. The mold comprises a pair of mold halves having an operative configuration wherein said mold halves together define a cavity for a container. The container has a main body and a characteristic selected from the group of characteristics consisting of: a push-up base; an integral finish; and an embossed or a debossed feature. Each of the pair of mold halves has a first portion and a second portion formed integrally with the first portion. When the pair of mold halves is in the operative configuration, the first portions collectively define the main body and the second portions collectively define the characteristic. The blow mold can be used for prototyping, and can also be used for production.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: GARRTECH INC.Inventor: Tony Paget
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Patent number: 9254937Abstract: Disclosed is a mold for forming a deep grip container, the mold having drive mechanisms opposably to drive moveable inserts into the mold. The drive mechanisms may be located entirely within the mold and may include a slotted cam. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip comprising: providing a mold hanger having an outer envelope and providing within the outer envelope a drive mechanism to drive moveable inserts into the mold after blowing molten plastic into contact with the mold. Further disclosed is a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip manufactured according to the disclosed methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Stephen R. Guerin, David R. Piccioli, Thomas E. Nahill, Keith J. Barker
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Patent number: 9174382Abstract: A hollow article is provided, comprising a first wall and a second wall, where the first and second walls are positioned in opposing relationship and define a space therebetween. A plurality of protruding structural pillars extend from the second wall and span the space, each of the structural pillars having an end surface integrally bonded with an inside surface of the first wall.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Salflex Polymers LTD.Inventors: Raj S. Roychoudhury, Stephen Hawkins
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Patent number: 9022776Abstract: Disclosed is a mold hanger for supporting a bottle mold in a blow molding station, the mold hanger comprising a piston and piston sleeve fully contained within the mold hanger configured to push a moveable insert into the mold. Also disclosed is a method of retrofitting an original rotatable blow molding module having multiple existing blow molding stations, each existing mold hanger defining an existing outer envelope. The disclosed method may include providing an improved mold hanger substantially contained within the respective existing outer envelope and including low-profile drive mechanisms configured opposably to drive moveable inserts into the mold. Further disclosed is a method of manufacturing a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip, the method including providing within a mold hanger a drive mechanism to drive a moveable insert into the mold. A bottle made by such methods is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Stephen R. Guerin, David R. Piccioli, Thomas E. Nahill, Keith J. Barker
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Patent number: 9010558Abstract: The invention relates to a bottle container with a handle. A mounting projecting portion is provided on the bottle body, and a handle member is provided with a mounting hole which allows the mounting projecting portion to be inserted thereinto, and a handle portion which extends from the mounting portion, and is mounted on the bottle body by inserting the mounting projecting portion into the mounting hole, and then rotating the mounting projecting portion relative to the bottle body. The bottle body is provided with a rotation preventing member which accommodates the handle portion to prevent the relative rotation of the bottle body and the handle member in a state where the handle member has been mounted.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Takao Ilzuka
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Patent number: 9004897Abstract: The support cooperates with the half-molds (2, 3) of a molding unit used to shape a container from thermoplastic material. This support comprises: a pedestal in the form of an actuating cylinder (11), the rod (12) of which is solidly connected to the mold base (1); and, between the rod (12) of the actuating cylinder (11) and the mold base (1), an assembly system (13) formed by a female part in the form of a nut (14) and of a male part in the form of a screw (15). The nut (14) is trapped at the end of the rod (12) of the actuating cylinder (11) and the screw (15) is associated directly or indirectly with the mold base (1). A system of shim(s) (40, 41) can be used to adjust the working stroke of the rod (12) of the actuating cylinder (11) as required.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Sidel ParticipationsInventor: Jean-Christophe Langlois
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Publication number: 20150079219Abstract: An apparatus and a method for manufacturing a transparent synthetic resin vessel with an integrated handle are provided. The transparent synthetic resin vessel manufacturing apparatus includes: an upper mold being vertically movable and having a core and a core block; a fixing plate having rib members; a rotating plate being vertically movable together with the upper mold and having a rotating device for simultaneously molding the handle on one side of a preform and manufacturing a transparent synthetic resin vessel; a fixing member for joining the fixing plate with the rotating plate; a lower mold supplied with molten resin at one side thereof so as to injection-mold the handle; an injection mold for forming the preform into a transparent synthetic resin vessel; and a vessel separator for separating the transparent synthetic resin vessel from the vessel manufacturing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventor: Sung Kyu PARK
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Patent number: 8979524Abstract: An apparatus for forming a blow-molded container includes a mold, a mandrel, and a die. The mold includes a bottom section for forming a container bottom, a sidewall section for forming a plurality of sidewalls, a spout section for forming a spout, and a neck section for forming an upwardly converging neck member coupling the sidewalls to the spout having a convex radius transition section of approximately three inches in a container having an overall height of approximately ten inches. The mandrel and the die are operative to form a parison that assumes an ovoid cross-section within the mold with the outer surfaces of the parison positioned approximately equidistant from sidewall section of said mold.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Mid-America Machining, Inc.Inventors: Peter Lobbestael, Al Vanover, Kevin D Gaydosh, Gregory T Hall
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Patent number: 8974220Abstract: There is provided a molding stack assembly (202) for producing a molded article (214), the molded article (214) including a neck finish (218) which includes a support ledge (222), the molded article (214) suitable for subsequent blow-molding into a final shaped container.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.Inventor: Derek Robertson McCready
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Patent number: 8944806Abstract: A blow mold unit including a blow mold including first and second blow cavity split molds and a plurality of raised bottom molds, first and second pressure receiving plates, a first fixing plate to which the first blow cavity split mold and the first pressure receiving plate are fixed, a second fixing plate to which the second blow cavity split mold and the second pressure receiving plate are fixed, a third fixing plate interposed between the first and second fixing plates and to which the plurality of raised bottom molds are fixed at a first surface thereof, a shaft portion extending vertically from a second surface of the third fixing plate, an elevation guide block fixed to one of the first and second fixing plates and elevation guiding the shaft portion, and an elevating rod extending vertically from the second surface. There is also a blow molding machine which includes the blow mold unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Nissei ASB Machine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Yokobayashi, Daizaburo Takehana
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Publication number: 20140374427Abstract: An invention including a bottle container of a pinch-grip type of synthetic resin blow-molded product and which includes a body of a bottle container, and a grip including a pair of right and left deep-recessed grip portions, formed by concaving both side wall portions of the body of the bottle container, a rear wall portion of the body disposed at a position rearward from the deep-recessed grip portions in a front-back direction, wherein each grip portion includes a caved in recessed wall, vertical side walls positioned facing each other across the wall, and lateral walls disposed at upper and lower ends of the wall, so that surrounding walls as a whole is formed by vertical walls and lateral walls that surround the recessed wall, and wherein the vertical side walls have an angle of gradient which is set at a right angle relative to a transverse center line extending horizontally.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Matsuo, Teturou Usami, Daisuke Uesugi
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Patent number: 8915729Abstract: A blow mould for containers wherein the mould base comprises a first member (5) and a second member (6) connectable to each other by means of a quick coupling system comprising at least one first connection pin, wherein said second member (6) includes a first slider (13), defining a first sliding direction on a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the mould and capable of taking an unlocking position and a locking position, said first slider (13) being provided with at least a hole in order to lock the first connection pin when the first slider (13) is in the locking position, and a second slider (16) defining a second sliding direction on said plane, intersecting said first direction; said second slider (16) being slidable along said second direction from a position of mechanical connection with the first slider (13) to a position of releasing from said first slider.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: S.I.P.A. Societa′ Industrializzazione Progettazione E Automazione S.p.A.Inventors: Matteo Zoppas, Ernesto Eusebione, Franco Cavallini, Massimiliano Fornasier
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Publication number: 20140353885Abstract: A blow moulding machine for blow moulding a container having an integrally formed handle; said container blow moulded from a previously injection moulded preform; said preform comprising a body portion and said integrally formed handle; said machine including a preform loading station at which said preform is oriented by a preform orienting apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: B & R INDUSTRIES PTY LTDInventor: Glenn Robert BEALE
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Publication number: 20140353884Abstract: To effectively prevent a mouth portion of a preform from being deformed and enlarged in diameter during blow molding, provided is a blow molding device that includes: a blow mold inside which a cavity is provided for accommodating therein a preform, except for a mouth portion which is an orifice end of the preform, the preform being preformed in a bottomed tubular shape; a blow nozzle provided to supply a pressurized fluid into the preform through the mouth portion of the preform; a partition wall member that tightly surrounds an outer wall surface of the mouth portion of the preform; with space being formed between the partition wall member and the outer wall surface; and a pressurized fluid supply unit that supplies a pressurized fluid into the space during blow molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Sumito Sato, Nobuyuki Tamura, Takeshi Nagashima
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Patent number: 8881937Abstract: Mold for manufacturing, by blowing blanks made of plastic material, containers having a body and a bottom and a wall defining a cavity around a principal axis of the mold and a lateral surface. The wall has, in a lower part, an opening defining a passage for a mold bottom, an upper surface that confers at least in part the shape to the bottom of the container, with said opening having an upper edge. The mold, in any plane containing the axis of the wall: the ratio between a transverse dimension of the upper edge of the opening and a transverse dimension of a lower end of the lateral surface of the wall is greater than 0.95, and the tangent to the lateral surface of the wall, at the lower end thereof, forms with the axis of the wall an angle equal to or less than 30°.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Sidel ParticipationsInventors: Mikael Derrien, Michel Boukobza
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Publication number: 20140314984Abstract: Method for producing a plastic bottle, and preform and blowing mold suited therefore are disclosed. An exemplary process can produce a plastic bottle, for example, a PET bottle. Such a bottle can be produced from a preform which has a body which is closed on one side, which is connected to a neck section with a pour opening, in which the preform which has been produced in a plastic injection process or an extrusion process is placed in the mold cavity of a blow mold and inflated using the blow nozzle by overpressure according to the mold cavity. Sealing can take place between the blow nozzle and the preform within the preform.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co.KGInventors: Alwin LEHNER, Johann KÜNZ, Markus DÜRINGER
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Publication number: 20140263161Abstract: Disclosed is a mold hanger for supporting a bottle mold in a blow molding station, the mold hanger comprising a piston and piston sleeve fully contained within the mold hanger configured to push a moveable insert into the mold. Also disclosed is a method of retrofitting an original rotatable blow molding module having multiple existing blow molding stations, each existing mold hanger defining an existing outer envelope. The disclosed method may include providing an improved mold hanger substantially contained within the respective existing outer envelope and including low-profile drive mechanisms configured opposably to drive moveable inserts into the mold. Further disclosed is a method of manufacturing a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip, the method including providing within a mold hanger a drive mechanism to drive a moveable insert into the mold. A bottle made by such methods is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Stephen R. GUERIN, David R. PICCIOLI, Thomas E. NAHILL, Keith J. BARKER
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Publication number: 20140263160Abstract: Disclosed is a mold for forming a deep grip container, the mold having drive mechanisms opposably to drive moveable inserts into the mold. The drive mechanisms may be located entirely within the mold and may include a slotted cam. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip comprising: providing a mold hanger having an outer envelope and providing within the outer envelope a drive mechanism to drive moveable inserts into the mold after blowing molten plastic into contact with the mold. Further disclosed is a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip manufactured according to the disclosed methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Stephen R. GUERIN, David R. PICCIOLI, Thomas E. NAHILL, Keith J. BARKER
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Publication number: 20140225315Abstract: A blow molding device and a blow molding method are disclosed that can blow-mold a container with a handle without requiring a handle inserter that inserts a handle into a blow molding section. A blow molding method for blow-molding a container with a handle includes heating a preform (2) that is held by a heating transfer jig (370), transferring the preform from the heating transfer jig to a blow transfer jig (420), and transferring the blow transfer jig in a state in which a handle (500) is held by the blow transfer jig to be adjacent to the preform in a transfer direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Inventor: Shuichi Ogihara
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Publication number: 20140212537Abstract: A mold for forming a plastic container having an integrally formed standing ring. The mold includes a first mold portion and a second mold portion. The second mold portion is movable relative to the first mold portion. The first mold portion and the second mold portion together define at least in part a mold cavity for molding a plastic container. The first mold portion and the second mold portion together define a standing ring slot for forming a standing ring on a base portion of the plastic container. The standing ring slot is defined at an interface between the first mold portion and the second mold portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: George David Lisch, Terry D. Patcheak, Kirk Edward Maki, Christopher Howe
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Publication number: 20140190924Abstract: An embodiment of a method of molding a large returnable container includes a heat treatment step for subjecting a thick preform formed of a polyester resin or a primary blow-molded article to intermediate blow molding with heating to obtain an intermediate molded article, and a final blow molding step that includes subjecting the intermediate molded article that has shrunk to final blow molding with heating to obtain a large returnable container. The heat treatment step includes disposing the preform or the primary blow-molded article in a heat treatment mold, and pressurizing the preform or the primary blow-molded article so that a shoulder and a body obtained by blow molding close contact to a cavity surface of the heat treatment mold, and are subjected to a heat treatment, the shoulder being heated at a low temperature as compared with the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Daiichi AOKI, Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
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Patent number: 8747727Abstract: A container forming assembly and method includes receiving a parison within a cavity of a mold, enclosing the parison within the mold having a wall with a recess, inflating the parison in the mold to form a blow molded container where the blow molded container has a sidewall, a movable region formed at the recess, and a hinge circumscribing an interface between the sidewall and the movable region, and moving or repositioning the movable region toward an interior of the blow molded container about the hinge before filling. The movable region can form a deep-set grip. Further, multiple movable regions can be provided, each of which may form respective deep-set grips. The container shape can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Graham Packaging Company L.P.Inventors: Gregory Trude, Paul Kelley
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Patent number: 8714386Abstract: The invention relates to a bottle body and a handle member mounted on the bottle body. A mounting projecting portion forming a polygonal cross-sectional shape projects from the bottle body, and the handle member is provided with a mounting hole forming a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape into which the mounting projecting portion is inserted. The handle member is mounted on the bottle body such that four side portions of the mounting hole are brought into pressure contact with a pair of lateral pressure-contacting portions and a pair of axial pressure-contacting portions on the outer peripheral edge of the polygonal cross-sectional shape by inserting the mounting projecting portion into the mounting hole, and then relatively rotating the bottle body and the handle member. Accordingly, a bottle container with a handle having simple structure and capable of firmly fixing the bottle body and the handle member to each other can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2007Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Takao Iizuka
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Patent number: 8690562Abstract: A blowing mold with a cam control device for making undercuts related to the application of handles on a container made of plastic material, where the undercuts ensure that the handles are mechanically fixed to the container body and where the system has an independent actuation for each undercut.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: S.I.P.A. Industrializzazione Progettazione e Automazione S.p.A.Inventors: Matteo Zoppas, Andrea Cavalet, Cristiano Galimberti