Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an injection stretching blow molding machine comprising a base secured onto a machine bed, a top plate positioned above said base and connected to said base by means of a plurality of tie rods in the peripheral edge, a movable plate slidably inserted through said tie rod and disposed movably up and down between the base and the top plate, a clamping plate above the movable plate, a transfer plate at the undersurface of said movable plate and rotable at predetermined intervals by a drive device provided in the central portion above the movable plate, the required number of hold molds consisting of split molds mounted on the undersurface of the transfer plate, said hold molds being opened and closed in a radial direction, an injection cavity and a blow cavity on the base closed in connection with said hold molds, an injection core and a blow core mounted at the lower side of said clamping plate and closed in connection with the hold molds from openings

Abstract: This relates to a blow molding apparatus of the rotary wheel type and particularly relates to supplying fluids, such as air, vacuum and water to a mold half and its associated carrier in a manner which permits the reciprocation of the mold half and associated carrier between a mold open position and a mold closed position. This is facilitated by the use of short lengths of hose which are attached to respective manifolds by swivels. The swivels permit the ends of the hose to change their angular relationship as one end of each hose moves relative to an opposite end of the hose. Adjacent ones of the hoses are located in adjacent parallel planes and are initially bowed in one direction and reverse their direction of bow as movable ends of the hoses move beyond fixed ends of the hoses. The carrier for the movable mold half has associated therewith a cam follower for engaging a cam which effects the opening and closing of the mold.

Abstract: A reheating and blow molding system utilizing an indexing plate having pairs of core pins mounted on the periphery. Radiant heaters heat parisons mounted on the core pin to a temperature suitable for blow molding while the parisons are rotated in response to movement of a spin belt. Rotation of the parisons during heating provides greater uniformity of heating. Tapered shanks remove the core pins from core pin holders and dispose the parisons in a mold for blow molding. The core pins are then disposed in the core pin holders and indexed to a subsequent indexing location where the finished article is removed.

Abstract: Improvements in the mold opening and closing actuator mechanism in a multiple station, multiple clamp assembly rotary blow molding machine for the manufacture of plastic bottles and the like and improvements in the automatic unloader mechanism for the machine. In a rotary machine having an even number of stations and clamp assemblies rotatably indexable from station to station, the clamp assemblies are closed and opened by rotatable cranks and toggle mechanisms. Adjacent clamp assemblies are opened and closed by rotating the respective cranks in opposite directions for either the closing or the opening movements of the clamp assemblies. Rotary actuators at the mold closing and mold opening stations rotate 180.degree. to actuate the clamp assemblies. By providing the above opposite rotational actuation of adjacent clamp assemblies the need to reverse or retract the rotary actuators during indexing of the clamp assemblies is eliminated as is the time required to reverse or retract.

Abstract: An apparatus for making hollow articles having a rotatable polygonal turntable, a parison forming station at one side face of the turntable, a blow molding station at another side face of the turntable and a stripping station at still another side face of the turntable. The apparatus has means for connecting at least one core rod on which the parison is formed to the turntable, such that at least one core rod is parallel to a side face of the turntable, and for rotation therewith.

Abstract: This relates to a blow mold of a large capacity which is particularly configurated to replace two adjacent blow molds in a blow molding machine of the Ferris wheel type. The blow mold includes an inner mold half which will bridge the supports for two existing smaller molds and an outer mold half which is formed in two segments with each of the segments being independently mounted on the supports for two separate prior radially outer blow mold halves. Thus, an existing machine may be readily converted to make much larger blow molded articles then those for which it was originally intended. This abstract forms no part of the specification of this application and is not to be construed as limiting the claims of this application.

Abstract: A blow molding apparatus comprising a wheel plate, a shaft extending horizontally and supporting the wheel plate for rotation and a hub removably mounted on the shaft for rotation with the shaft, and a plurality of sets of molds defining a mold cavity when closed, each set comprising a pair of mold sections, a first mold section of each set being mounted on the hub such that the mold sections are circumferentially spaced about the hub, a second mold section of each set being mounted on the wheel in circumferentially spaced relation and radial alignment with the first mentioned mold section. The second mold sections are mounted on slide assemblies for supporting the second mold sections for movement toward and away from the first mold sections. The hub has circumferentially spaced external surfaces for supporting the first mold sections, the number of surfaces corresponding to the number of first mold sections.

Abstract: In a blow molding apparatus where a plurality of sets of molds are mounted on a wheel rotatable about an axis and the molds are moved toward and away from one another to enclose a parison and the parison is blown to the confines of the cavity between the mold sections as the wheel rotates by the application of air, an apparatus for controlling the application of the air comprising a valve assembly associated with each set of molds on the wheel and comprising a valve which is opened and closed to control the flow of air to the mold. The valve assembly includes a rotatable cam for moving the valve to open and closed positions, a starwheel associated with the cam, and a first actuator mounted at a first position along the path of the wheel for engagement with the starwheel to rotate the cam and open the valve and a second actuator mounted at a second position along the path of the wheel for engagement with the starwheel to rotate the cam and close the valve.

Abstract: A machine particularly useful for the blow molding of large thermoplastic articles such as cylindrical drums comprises a plurality of stations through which mold cavities are successively advanced. At a first station, containing a cart-mounted blow assembly an article is blow molded to substantially its final form in a cavity with the blow medium being introduced via a blow pin assembly operatively associated with the cavity after the blow assembly has been operatively engaged with the blow pin assembly. After the blowing operation has been completed, the blow assembly is operatively disengaged from the blow pin assembly and the cavity with the blown article is transported in a second station, the blow pin assembly traveling with the cavity. At the second station, an auxiliary blow assembly is operatively engaged with the blow pin assembly to circulate medium through the interior of the article.

Abstract: The number of blow mold stations being associated with a blow wheel of a blow molding machine determines a large pitch of the mandrel receiving positions of the blow wheel. Contrarily the mandrels carrying the parisons are disposed very close to each other on the heating wheel which thus has a substantially smaller pitch. The larger pitch of the blow wheel shall be maintained throughout the complete machine to simplify the transfer of the parison. Accordingly the heating wheel receives the same pitch as the blow wheel including additional mandrel receiving positions which are served in a plurality of subsequent revolutions of the heating wheel.

Abstract: This relates to a labeller for applying labels to the cavities of mold halves of a rotating blow molding machine whereby when a parison is blow molded within each mold thereof to form a bottle or like hollow article, each such article will be provided with at least one and preferably two labels. The labeller is provided with pick-up heads to pick up labels from two opposed hoppers and then move the labels in between the paths of rotation of mold halves and with proper timing advance the labels into the mold half cavities and discharge them on the walls of the mold cavities. Control circuitry is provided for the automatic operation of the labeller whereby not only can the labeller operate without interference with the moving mold halves, but also accurately position the labels within the cavities. This abstract forms no part of the specification of this application and is not to be construed as limiting the claims of the application.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a transfer mandrel on whose top portion a thermoplastic resin parison is mounted and which is rotatably engaged with the peripheral portion of a rotary table. The apparatus is arranged along the peripheral portion of the rotary table adapted to rotate oppositely to a heating means. The apparatus comprises a cooling block having a cavity through which cooling water flows and a concave surface opposing to the transfer mandrel which has a profile conforming to the cylindrical portion of the transfer mandrel, means for adjusting the position of the cooling block, and a spring which pushes a surface portion opposite said concave surface of the cooling block.

Abstract: In a machine system for continuous formation of molecularly oriented plastic bottles by blowing heat-conditioned parisons comprising a plurality of parison-forming stations, i.e., sixteen (16); a plurality of blowing stations, but fewer in number than the number of parison-forming stations, i.e., six (6); and a storage area between the parison-forming and parison-blowing stations, improvements are described in the mechanisms for transferring hot parisons from the storage area to the blowing stations on a continuous basis.

Abstract: This heating blow-molding machine fabricates a number of bottle-shaped containers from biaxially oriented plastic pieces or parisons by supplying the plastic pieces to a heating unit to heat them to the orientation temperature and then supplying them to 12-station rotary blow molding machine for biaxial orientation. Each of the plastic pieces or parisons is made of polyethylene terephthalate resin to provide a thin-walled transparent bottle-shaped container of cylindrical shape with one bottom and a prefinished neck portion injection molded simultaneously in numerous number by an injection molding machine. This blow-molding machine consists of a turntable for the heating unit, a turntable for a blow-molding machine, and a turntable for loading and unloading the pieces and the products blow-molded from the pieces.

Abstract: A lower mold half is horizontally placed. The top surface of the lower mold half is provided with a first groove of any desired shape, one end of which is closed with the other end having a notch for allowing air to be blown in. An upper mold half has a bottom surface which matches with the top surface of the lower mold half and which is provided with a second groove corresponding to said first groove. Thus, when the upper and lower mold halves are in contact, there is formed a mold cavity defined by the first and second grooves. A nozzle for discharging a parison is disposed above the lower mold half. The relative positional relation between the nozzle and the lower mold half is changed in such a manner that the nozzle follows the first groove without changing the distance therefrom so that a parison can be properly placed in the first groove. If at least two lower mold halves are provided, it is possible to carry out molding operation continuously.

Abstract: In orientation-blow molding equipment, improved heating equipment is used for evenly and uniformly heating an injection molded piece under optimum temperature conditions for the succeeding biaxial orientation, with the aid of an improved jig which contributes to an efficient reheating and molding of the piece.

Abstract: An apparatus to make articles, in particular bottles, from parisons in a blow mold operation. The parisons are carried on transfer mandrels throughout the operation. The parisons riding on the transfer mandrels are heated while travelling around on a first wheel and are transferred into blow mold units mounted on a second wheel. Each blow mold unit is provided with an expanding mandrel which is extended through the transfer mandrel into the parisons. Two different blowing pressures are used in the blowing step which is controlled by cam controlled valves. From the second wheel the mandrels carrying the blown articles are transferred to an output wheel where the articles are removed from the transfer mandrels which are returned to the first wheel.

Abstract: A rotary blow molding machine includes a rotor mounted on a horizontal driving shaft, a recovery hopper, an ejector mechanism, and mold stations mounted on the outer periphery of the rotor, which mold stations are radially disposed and circumferentially equally spaced, the mold stations each carrying thereon a split mold unit capable of opening and closing in the direction of the width of the outer peripheral surface of the rotor by a mold opening/closing mechanism, a mold clamping mechanism and a flash blow-pipe, the said split mold unit having a mold-release mechanism. It is so constructed as to produce blow moldings successively continuously at high speed and completely automatically during a single rotation of the mold stations on and along the same circular rotation track.

Abstract: The injection blow molding machine of this invention has a small indexing plate to which heads of different size can be connected. A small head can be used for long core rods when making parts of long length. Larger heads are connected to the indexing plate for accommodating more and shorter core rods. The same machine can, therefore, be used for making different parts of a variety not possible on standard injection blow molding machines. Special features of construction prevent the blowing air from exerting an upward pressure on the head that carries the core rods; and an improved cam mechanism operates air valves without exerting side thrust against the head. An indexing alarm prevents operation of the machine when not properly indexed at the operational stations.

Abstract: An injection blow molding machine for the production of thermoplastic containers is disclosed. The apparatus is a multistation apparatus with a preform being injection molded at one station, prior formed preforms being heat treated at optional heat treating stations and the heat treated preforms being blown at a blow mold station. An automatic removal station may be utilized subsequent to the blow mold station for removing the blown article from a carrying apparatus which is utilized to carry the preform from the injection station through the heat treatment stations to the blow mold stations and then to the optional removal stations.

Abstract: An injection blow molding machine which is compact but effective in operation. The machine comprises: a machine bed being provided with an injection molding stage having an injection mold and a mold closing mechanism, a heating stage having a heating cylinders, a stretching and blowing stage having a stretching and blowing mechanism and a releasing stage having a molded product releasing mechanism; a base plate which is attached to and above the machine bed leaving a certain space; a rotary disk which is rotatably attached to the under-surface of the base plate; a motor secured to the middle portion on the base plate and interlocked with the rotary disk by an arm and a connecting pin. The invention is characterized in that the space between the machine bed and the base plate carrying the rotary disk is fully utilized for holding mold and other necessary parts.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a mold construction particularly adapted for the blow molding of hollow articles having configurated bottoms. The mold is split longitudinally of the article and includes first and second halves each having a separate end portion. The end portions are interconnected so that when the mold is open, both end portions are retained with one mold half with one end portion moving relative to its respective mold half both longitudinally and transversely for both moving transversely with a molded article and longitudinally away from the molded article so as to first completely release the molded article from one mold half, and the end portion of the other mold half being thereafter movable longitudinally with respect thereto to separate the other end portion from the molded article and thus permit the ejection of the molded article from the mold. The molds are arranged in end-to-end substantially touching relation wherein there is a minimum of waste material between adjacent molded articles.

Abstract: In removing articles from a wheel-type blow molding machine continuously revolving in a vertical plane with multiple mold sections opening radially to the wheel axis out of which the articles are ejected sidewise downwardly onto a takeaway pocket conveyor, apparatus improvements including a screw adjacent the conveyor rotating in synchronism with the pockets and extending forward and rearward of the delivery end of the conveyor, a cooperating holding and guiding rail plus a cam for urging moil portions of the articles into the screw channel out of the pockets.The process involves positioning the articles in the pockets such that the moils protrude laterally of the conveyor, capturing such moils within the spiral screw channel while still advancing within the pockets, then pivoting such captured articles downwardly to a vertical attitude beyond the conveyor by means of the screw and forward twisting contour of the guide rail.

Abstract: Machine for injecting and blowing a plastics material into hollow bodies. It comprises a rotary polygonal-sided turret which carries on each side a set of support members for the plastics material which are made to pass step-by-step to an injection station for injection of a blank and a blowing station for blowing the material into a hollow body in passing through intermediate stations including a transfer station. A rotatable oven structure having sockets rotatable step-by-step about an axis of the oven structure is located adjacent the transfer station for transferring the sets from the turret to the oven structure and, after a complete rotation about the oven structure axis, transferring the sets from the oven structure to the turret. Each turret side and each socket of the oven structure receives a respective one of the sets which is fixed to the turret or oven structure in a removable manner to allow the mentioned transfer.

Abstract: A continuous motion stretch blow molding apparatus for blow molding hollow articles from tubular parisons. A rotary parison loading turret loads parisons sequentially onto a plurality of stretch pin means operatively carried on a continuous motion transfer means which then conveys each of said stretch pin means into an operative position in a molding station on a continuous motion multi-station rotary molding turret. The parisons are stretched longitudinally, blown to form a final article, cooled in the molding stations, and then said article is ejected.

Abstract: In removing articles from a wheel-type blow molding machine continuously revolving in a vertical plane with multiple mold sections opening radially to the wheel axis out of which the articles are ejected sidewise downwardly onto a takeaway pocket conveyor.A process involving positioning the articles in the pockets such that the moils protrude laterally of the conveyor, capturing such moils within a spiral screw channel while still advancing within the pockets, then pivoting such captured articles downwardly to a vertical attitute beyond the conveyor by means of the screw and forward twisting contour of a guide rail.

Abstract: A continuous process for forming hollow, molecularly oriented articles which comprises: gravity-dropping molded preforms at molecular orientation temperature onto upwardly disposed moving stretch pin assemblies continuously presented at a loading station such that after loading, a closed end is above an open end of each preform, conveying the loaded assemblies into operative position between separated sections of continuous and synchronously moving molds, distending the preforms upwardly via stretch pin members and circumferentially via pressurized air after mold closing and while the preforms are at molecular orientation temperature in order to form the articles, opening the continuously moving molds, conveying the stretch pin assemblies with the upwardly disposed articles thereon away from the molds toward a removal station where the articles are removed from the assemblies without interrupting assembly movement generally back toward the loading station where the unloaded assemblies are again presented for

Abstract: An injection blow molding machine which is compact but effective in operation. The machine comprises: a machine bed being provided with an injection molding stage having an injection mold and a mold closing mechanism, a heating stage having a heating cylinders, a stretching and blowing stage having a stretching and blowing mechanism and a releasing stage having a molded product releasing mechanism; a base plate which is attached to and above the machine bed leaving a certain space; a rotary disk which is rotatably attached to the under-surface of the base plate; a motor secured to the middle portion on the base plate and interlocked with the rotary disk by an arm and a connecting pin. The invention is characterized in that the space between the machine bed and the base plate carrying the rotary disk is fully utilized for holding mold and other necessary parts.The questions raised in reexamination request No. 90/000,455, filed Oct.