| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6702567 |
Multi-station shuttle blow molding machine |
March 9, 2004 |
| A shuttle blow molding machine having two groups of mold units located on opposite sides of a series of workstations spaced along a horizontal workstation path. Each mold unit includes a mold that reciprocates in a direction transverse to the workstation path between a retracted position |
| 6649120 |
Blow molding apparatus and method |
November 18, 2003 |
| A blow molding apparatus (10) including four molds (21, 22, 23, 24) that move into a common parison receiving position (26) from directions different from the directions that the molds move out of the parison receiving position (26). When in the parison receiving position (26), each |
| 6482350 |
Low profile blow pin assembly for a rotary blow molding machine and method of blow molding |
November 19, 2002 |
| A blow pin assembly for a mold of a rotary blow molding machine includes a base, a carriage supported by and movable relative to the base, a sub-base supported by and movable relative to the carriage, and a blow pin mounted to the sub-base for movement between a home position and a mold- |
| 6358037 |
Flash removal apparatus |
March 19, 2002 |
| A flash removing apparatus is provided which has a pair of blades driven by an actuator through a linkage assembly, simultaneously and in opposite directions, between a bottle receiving position and a closed position to aid in removing flash from a plastic product disposed on the blades. |
| 6136254 |
Rotary take-out apparatus for rotary blow-molding machines and method of use |
October 24, 2000 |
| A rotary take-out apparatus for removing blow-molded articles from rotary blow-molding machine molds. The apparatus includes a rotary take-out carrousel and a take-out carrousel drive configured to rotate the take-out carrousel. Pick-up stations on the take-out carrousel rotate along a |
| 6082078 |
Nutrunner driver for a plastic bottle capping machine |
July 4, 2000 |
| A method is provided for joining a flexible container to a threaded closure. According to the method, a flexible container is inflated with pressurized gas before applying torque to the container. A base of the flexible container is engaged in a container receptacle of a capping appa |
| 6060012 |
Method for blow-molding and releasing hollow articles |
May 9, 2000 |
| A method and an apparatus are provided for blow-molding hollow articles. The blow-molding apparatus includes a carrousel mounted to rotate within a support frame. The carrousel carries four molds around a circular mold path. Two blow-molding work stations are disposed next to the mold pa |
| 5971741 |
Blow pin assembly for a rotary blow molding machine |
October 26, 1999 |
| A blow pin assembly for a rotary blow molding machine having a carrousel that supports a number of molds located about the circumference of the carrousel. Each mold includes a separate blow pin assembly mounted on the mold clamp. The blow pin assemblies each includes a base, a carriage |
| 5919498 |
Apparatus for applying labels to blow-molded articles |
July 6, 1999 |
| A method and an apparatus are provided for inserting labels into blow-molded hollow articles. The blow-molding apparatus includes a carrousel mounted to rotate within a support frame. The carrousel carries four multi-cavity molds around a circular mold path. Two blow-molding workstat |
| 5855838 |
Method and apparatus for blow-molding hollow articles |
January 5, 1999 |
| A method and an apparatus are provided for blow-molding hollow articles. The blow-molding apparatus includes a carrousel mounted to rotate within a support frame. The carrousel carries four molds around a circular mold path. Two blow-molding work stations are disposed next to the mold pa |
| 5787772 |
Trim cutter method and apparatus for blow molded articles |
August 4, 1998 |
| A head trimmer machine for cutting off excess material from a cylindrical portion of a blow molded bottle includes a fixture, a spindle rotatably mounted in the fixture, a cutting head attached to the spindle for rotation therewith, a cutter mounted to the cutting head, and a vacuum |
| 5759593 |
Apparatus for blow-molding and releasing hollow articles |
June 2, 1998 |
| A method and an apparatus are provided for blow-molding hollow articles. The blow-molding apparatus includes a carrousel mounted to rotate within a support frame. The carrousel carries four molds around a circular mold path. Two blow-molding work stations are disposed next to the mold pa |
| 5665404 |
Apparatus for blow-molding hollow articles |
September 9, 1997 |
| A method and an apparatus are provided for blow-molding hollow articles. The blow-molding apparatus includes a carrousel mounted to rotate within a support frame. The carrousel carries four molds around a circular mold path. Two blow-molding work stations are disposed next to the mold pa |
| 5603249 |
Trim cutter apparatus for blow molded articles |
February 18, 1997 |
| A head trimmer machine for cutting off excess material from a cylindrical portion of a blow molded bottle includes a fixture, a spindle rotatably mounted in the fixture, a cutting head attached to the spindle for rotation therewith, a cutter mounted to the cutting head, and a vacuum |
| 4998873 |
Mold station for a blow molding machine |
March 12, 1991 |
| A rotary blow molding machine includes a plurality of mold stations on a rotary carousel. Each mold station includes an elongated support body, such as multiple tie rods, with a first of the mold sections relatively movably disposed on the support body and a second of the mold sections |
| 4947979 |
Transfer apparatus |
August 14, 1990 |
| Apparatus for transferring articles, such as containers, along a processing path includes a reciprocating slide with opposing, rotating feed screws disposed thereon for engaging the containers wherein reciprocation of the slide and rotation of the feed screws are coordinated in direction |
| 4919607 |
Rotary blow molding machine having mold station blowing/neck finishing mechanisms |
April 24, 1990 |
| A rotary blow molding machine includes a plurality of mold stations on a rotary carousel. Each mold station includes a pair of mold sections movable toward and away from one another to close or open the mold sections. When closed, the mold sections define a mold blowing cavity and a |
| 4902217 |
Rotary blow molding machine with rotary take-out mechanism having expandible take-out pin |
February 20, 1990 |
| The blow molding machine includes a rotary carousel having a plurality of mold stations thereon with each mold station including a pair of openable and closeable mold sections. A rotary take-out mechanism removes a blown article from each pair of mold sections as they pass the take-out |
| 4807353 |
Reciprocating tool spindle and tool changer mechanism operable during spindle backstroke |
February 28, 1989 |
| A tool spindle in movable is a forward stroke toward a workpart and in a rearward stroke. A sensing device senses whether a tool chucked on the forward end of the spindle is damaged. A tool changer mechanism enters the rear of the spindle as the spindle moves rearwardly and inserts a |
| 4421472 |
Clamp for blow molding machine |
December 20, 1983 |
| A blow molding machine is disclosed for hollow plastic articles. The machine includes a clamp mechanism for a pair of mold sections. It comprises a body disposed below an extruder at an extruding station and a blow pin at a blow station and carrying opposed platens for supporting the |
