Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for fabricating containers
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Application No.: US14652861Application Date: 2013-12-05
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Publication No.: US10011066B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Guillaume Chauvin , Klaus Hartwig , Damien Kannengiesser
- Applicant: DISCMA AG
- Applicant Address: CH Zürich
- Assignee: DISCMA AG
- Current Assignee: DISCMA AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Zürich
- Agency: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
- Agent Eric J. Sosenko; Jonathan P. O'Brien
- Priority: EP12198191 20121219
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/075632 WO 20131205
- International Announcement: WO2014/095386 WO 20140626
- Main IPC: B29C49/46
- IPC: B29C49/46 ; B29C49/36 ; B29C33/72 ; B29C49/12 ; B29C49/42 ; B29C49/38 ; B29C49/56 ; B29C49/70 ; B29K105/00 ; B29L31/00 ; B29C49/06

Abstract:
An apparatus (500) for fabricating containers (511) comprises a plurality of mold segments (501A-501I) each with two substantially opposite faces (510A-510I) that form a mold cavity (509A-509I) when abutted against another mold segment (501A-501I), and a guiding means (502) to conduct them along a closed path (503) of length greater than the total length of the mold segments (501A-501I); being characterized in that it comprises at least one injecting head configured to inject a volume of liquid into a cavity of a preform (507) disposed within the mold cavity (509A-509I) and expand it into a container (511), and being further characterized in that each mold segment (501A-501I) is conducted along the closed path (503) through at least one manipulation zone (505, 506) of said closed path (503) at an increased speed relative to the immediately adjacent mold segments (501A-501I), said apparatus (500) comprising a positioning manipulation zone (505) where the preform (507) is inserted into said apparatus (500), and an extracting manipulation zone (506) where the container (511) is extracted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150328821A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING CONTAINERS Public/Granted day:2015-11-19
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