| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 264535000 | Including heating of previously formed parison to blow molding temperature | 32 |
| 20080258356 | Integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container comprising an inner layer and an outer layer comprising energy absorbing additives, and preform for making it - The present invention relates to an integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container and preform for blow-moulding the bag-in-container. An inner layer and an outer layer are used, wherein the preform forms a two-layer container upon blow-moulding, and wherein the obtained inner layer of said container releases from the thus obtained outer layer upon introduction of a gas at a point of interface between the two layers. At least one of the inner and outer layers includes at least one additive allowing both inner and outer layers to reach their respective blow-moulding temperatures substantially simultaneously. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080296811 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DUCT - According to a method for producing a duct, a cylindrical preform, which opens at its both end portions in a longitudinal direction and has a central part, is formed. The central part is narrowed with respect to the both end portions. The central part has a smaller cross-sectional area than that of the both end portion. The preform is formed from a thermoplastic material, which increases in strength when stretched. Next, the preform is heated. Then, stretch blow molding is performed on the preform by stretching the preform in axial and radial directions thereof, such that the cross-sectional area of the central part becomes generally the same as that of the both end portion, or equal to or larger than that of the both end portion. The central part is narrowed to such an extent that it retains predetermined strength after performing the molding on the preform. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090039567 | Method and device for Blow-Molding Containers - The invention relates to a method and a device for blow-moulding containers from preforms which are previously heated in the region of a heating section and consist of a thermoplastic material. The preforms are transferred to a blowing device following the heating thereof, in which they are shaped to form containers by the application of a blowing pressure inside blow moulds. Said blow moulds respectively consist of at least two blow mould segments. The preforms are transported together with the blow moulds at least along part of a peripheral path of a rotating blow wheel. A separating plane of the blow mould segments is positioned at least in an opened state of the blow station in a rotational direction of the blow wheel, facing forwards, with an angle of inclination in relation to the radial direction of the blow wheel. The blow station is positioned at least in two parts during a transfer process. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090108505 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE FOR PLASTIC CONTAINERS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IT - The invention relates to an apparatus and method for producing containers. The apparatus comprises at least one heating unit which heats preforms; at least one blow moulding unit which expands heated preforms to form containers; at least one sensor device which outputs at least one measured parameter representative of a physical state of the preforms or containers; wherein at least two control parameters of the heating unit or of the blow moulding unit can be varied; and an adjusting unit which is configured in such a way that it adjusts the control parameters as a function of the measured parameter. According to the invention, the adjusting unit comprises an associating device which associates control parameters with predefined measured parameters in a manner that is freely predefinable. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090146345 | Preform design for injections stretch blow molding - Preforms for use in injection stretch blow molding processes and such processes are described herein. The preforms generally include a neck having an internal neck diameter and an external neck diameter and a body having an internal body diameter and an external body diameter, the internal body diameter and the external body diameter forming a sidewall, wherein the internal body diameter is at least 80% of the internal neck diameter. The preforms further include an end-cap positioned on the body at a transition point and having an end-cap depth and a transition point radius, wherein the end-cap depth is greater than the transition point radius. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090243161 | PET BLOW MOULDING MACHINES - 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. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100065989 | RESORBABLE HOLLOW DEVICES FOR IMPLANTATION AND DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS - A method of manufacturing a resorbable balloon designed to contain bone cement for vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty applications is described. The resorbable balloon can be inserted into a vertebral body following vertebral cavitation and filled with bone cement. The balloon remains in place in the vertebral body and resorbs over time. Methods and apparatus are also described for delivering therapeutic agents using collapsible, resorbable balloons. The balloons may be nested and filled with various therapeutic agents that are released over time at rates dependent upon structures and degradation rates of the balloons. Furthermore, the function of the hollow devices can encompass both encapsulation and therapeutic substance delivery roles simultaneously. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100090376 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BLOW MOLDING CONTAINERS - The method and device are for blow-moulding containers. A blank is moulded in a blowing mould by means of a blowing pressure after a thermal treatment. The blanks are positioned along a part of the transport path thereof by means of a support element ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100109207 | BLOW MOULDING OR STRETCH-BLOW MOULDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONTAINERS USING CLAMPING MEANS SUITABLE FOR SUPPORTING A BLANK BY ITS NECK - The invention relates to a blowing or stretch-blowing device ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100314806 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BLOW MOLDING CONTAINERS - The method and the device serve for the blow moulding of containers. A preform of a thermoplastic material is first subjected to thermal conditioning in the region of a heating section along a transporting path. Subsequently, the preform is transformed into the container inside a blow mould by the effect of blowing pressure. The thermal conditioning of the preforms is carried out by a number of radiant heaters positioned one above the other. The radiant heaters are activated during production in accordance with a first heating profile and activated during standby mode in accordance with a second heating profile ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110079940 | METHOD OF BLOW MOLDING A BULK METALLIC GLASS - A very low pressure gas or blow forming process for shaping a bulk metallic glass (BMG) in its supercooled liquid state that avoids the fractional stick forces experienced by conventional shaping techniques by engineering the expansion of a pre-shape or parison of BMG material such that substantially all of the lateral strain required to form the final article is accomplished prior to the outer surface of the parison contacting the surface of the shaping apparatus is provided. The capability offered by the inventive shaping process to avoid the frictional forces exerted by the shaping apparatus surface allows for the formation of precision net-shape complex multi-scale parts and components using processing conditions inaccessible by conventional processes. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110133370 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILISING PLASTIC PARISONS - A device for producing plastic containers may include a heating element for heating plastic parisons, a transport system for transporting the plastic parisons along a pre-defined transport path, and a shaping element arranged along the transport path, downstream of the heating device. The shaping element shapes the plastic parisons to form plastic containers. The device has a sterilisation element that applies a free-flowing medium to a wall of the plastic parisons in order to sterilise said wall, the sterilisation device being arranged along the transport path of the containers such that the sterilisation takes place after the heating process applied to the containers in the heating device and before the end of the shaping process in the shaping element. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110175260 | Device and Method for Manufacturing Plastic Containers - A device and a method for manufacturing plastic containers, where a preform is manufactured in a casting mold and finished in a blow mold, and to ensure a constructively simple realization and an improved temperature control, the casting mold and the blow mold are lined up to form a mold complex. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110272863 | PREFORM HEATER USING GAS, METHOD, AND APPARATUS - The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for producing and treating plastic containers ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120038090 | Apparatus for the Heating of Plastics Material Pre-Forms with Sterile Room - An apparatus for the heating of plastics material pre-forms includes a conveying device, which conveys the plastics material pre-forms along a pre-determined conveying path, and at least one heating device, which heats the plastics material pre-forms during the transportation thereof. The conveying path of the plastics material pre-forms extends at least locally through a sterile room, wherein the sterile room is separated from the environment by a plurality of walls. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120074619 | BLOW NEEDLE FOR EXTRUSION BLOW MOLDING PET - The present invention relates to a hollow blow needle for introducing a pressurized fluid into an extruded parison enclosed by two mold halves, the needle comprising: a body portion having an inner first diameter; a neck portion having an inner second diameter, wherein the inner second diameter is less than the inner first diameter; and a tip portion comprising a first angled portion, a second angled portion that is a different angle relative to the first angled portion, and an orifice. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120091636 | Apparatus for Reshaping Plastic Preforms, Having a Heating Device - An apparatus for reshaping plastic preforms into plastic containers includes a plurality of blow-moulding stations that each have at least one receptacle space, within which the plastic preforms can be expanded into the plastic containers. The apparatus also includes a conveying device that conveys the containers along at least one specified travel path, wherein the apparatus has a plurality of heating devices that are arranged along the travel path of each container, upstream of the blow-moulding stations, wherein at least one heating device is allocated to at least one blow-moulding station. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091637 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING PLASTIC CONTAINERS WITH VARIABLE STATION DEACTIVATION - Apparatus ( | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120126462 | INJECTION BLOW MOLDING SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED PARISON TEMPERATURE CONTROL - An injection blow molding (IBM) system and method for consistently maintaining the surface temperature of the parison molds within a desired range. Implementation of this system/method can result in more consistent production of higher quality parisons and molded articles. Additionally, this system/method reduces the discretion required by the IBM operator and shifts the burden of consistently making high-quality parisons and molded articles onto the designer of the IBM tooling. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120187610 | INJECTION NOZZLE WITH ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS - An injection nozzle that can be used in an injection blow molding system without use of an external heat source comprises a two-piece structure broadly including a structural outer body for coupling the nozzle to a resin manifold and a thermally conductive insert. At least a portion of an axial length of the insert has an outer diameter that is less than an inner diameter of a coinciding coaxial portion of the outer body, such that the differences in the inner and outer diameters present an insulating air gap along at least a portion of the nozzle length. A sufficient operating temperature for hot melt resin can then be obtained without use of the external heat source. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130015611 | Device and Method for Manufacturing ContainersAANM Voth; KlausAACI Obertraubling-piesenkofenAACO DEAAGP Voth; Klaus Obertraubling-piesenkofen DEAANM Rossmann; StefanAACI Bad AbbachAACO DEAAGP Rossmann; Stefan Bad Abbach DE - A device optimized with regard to thermal management and an optimized method for the manufacture of containers are described in which the thermal energy of a plurality of consumers/generators of thermal energy is interchanged through a thermal energy combination. The device and the method are particularly suitable for stretch blow-molding machines and compressors. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130056913 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASTICS MATERIAL CONTAINERS - Provided are a system and method for producing plastics material containers at a plant. A first processing unit outputs preforms having a temperature above an ambient temperature. A forming arrangement is arranged after the first processing unit in a direction of transport of the preforms, and forms the preforms into the plastics material containers. A heating device heats the preforms. A blow molding machine is in the direction of transport of the plastics material preforms, and expands the heated plastics material preforms to form the plastics material containers by applying a free-flowing medium. A discharge device is between the first processing unit and the forming arrangement, and discharges the plastics material preforms. A storage apparatus stores the plastics material preforms discharged by the discharge device. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130154164 | APPARATUS FOR THE PROCESSING OF PLASTICS MATERIAL CONTAINERS, BEVERAGE FILLING PLANT AND/OR BEVERAGE CONTAINER PRODUCTION PLANT AND METHOD OF SHAPING PLASTICS MATERIAL PRE-FORMS AS WELL AS USE OF HEATING PATH CONVEYING MEANS - An apparatus for the processing of plastics material containers with a shaping device for the shaping plastics material pre-forms into containers, with a heating device comprising a heating path for heating the plastics material pre-forms and with a sterilization device for the sterilization of the plastics material pre-forms, in which the sterilization device comprises a supply device to supply the plastics material pre-forms to the sterilization device, and in which the sterilization device comprises both an external disinfecting unit to sterilize the plastics material pre-forms at least on their external wall surfaces and an internal disinfecting unit to sterilize the plastics material pre-forms on their internal wall surfaces, wherein the supply device comprises heating path conveyor for conveying the plastics material pre-forms along the heating path to supply the plastics material pre-forms at least to the external disinfecting unit. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130241118 | BLOW MOLDING DEVICE AND BLOW MOLDING METHOD - The blow molding device includes a heating section that continuously transfers and heats preforms that respectively include a neck along a heating transfer path while supporting the preforms using transfer members in an inverted state, a blow molding section that simultaneously blow-molds N (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) preforms that have been heated by the heating section in an upright state to form N containers, and an intermittent transfer section that intermittently transfers the N preforms from the heating section to the blow molding section. The intermittent transfer section includes a pitch conversion section that converts the arrangement pitch of the N preforms from a first pitch P | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130277892 | METHOD OF TREATING PLASTICS MATERIAL CONTAINERS WITH REDUCTION OF TIME DURING THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF PARTS OF THE PLANT - A method of treating plastics material pre-forms may include conveying plastics material pre-forms by means of a conveying device, heating the plastics material pre-forms, during said conveying step, by a heating device, and treating the plastics material pre-forms, after said heating step, by a further treatment device in a further pre-set manner. The heating device and the further treatment device are operated in a synchronized manner at least for a time. In the event of an error state occurring in said further treatment device arranged downstream of the heating device, a supply of the plastics material pre-forms to the heating device is interrupted by means of a blocking device. Chronologically after the occurrence of the error state the further treatment device is brought into synchronism again with the heating device during a pre-set synchronization period. The supply of the plastics material pre-forms to the heating device is permitted again during the synchronization period or at the start of the synchronization. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130328248 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR BLOW MOULDING STERILE CONTAINERS - A method and device for producing blow-molded containers, at least some regions of which are sterile. A parsion made of thermoplastic material is first heated and then exposed to a pressurized fluid. A sterilization means is introduced into an area of the parison. Sterilization is carried out at a sterilization site a spatial distance away from a blowing unit, which shapes the parison. Instead of maintaining the entire area of the blowing device as a sterile space, the parison is transported from the sterilization site to the blowing unit at least along a portion of a transport path along a sterile channel. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140091500 | BOTTLE WITH EXTENDED NECK FINISH AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A blow molded synthetic resin bottle has a body and an elongated neck with the body providing a shoulder extending about the base of the neck. The neck has a first collar extending thereabout spaced adjacent the shoulder and at least one additional collar extending thereabout adjacent the upper end of the neck. The resin in the neck is substantially unoriented. To produce the bottle, a synthetic resin preform is injection molded with a generally tubular body and the elongated neck. This preform is placed in a blow mold cavity having a body receiving portion and a neck receiving portion that has a recess extending thereabout seating the first collar therein. The additional collar is disposed outwardly of the mold cavity and is disposed on the upper surface of the mold. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140197581 | Apparatus for the heating of plastics material pre-forms with aeration screening capable of being dismantled - An apparatus ( | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140327189 | PLANT FOR MAKING CONTAINERS OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL - A plant for making containers of thermoplastic material in continuous cycle comprises: a rotary moulding machine ( | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150069670 | Transport Device and Method for Transporting Plastic Containers or Preforms - Disclosed are a device for reshaping preforms to plastic containers ( | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150328825 | METHOD FOR BLOW MOLDING A HOT-FILL CONTAINER WITH INCREASED STRETCH RATIOS - A method of manufacturing a hot-fill container ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20190143577 | PROCESS FOR MAKING A BOTTLE OF A POLYMERIC MATERIAL | 05-16-2019 |
