METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING FILLED CONTAINERS MADE FROM PREFORMS
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Abstract
A method and device for producing filled containers from preforms made of a thermoplastic material. The preforms are respectively transferred to a molding or filling element of a molding and filling station and are shaped in the respective container in a subsequent molding and filling process inside a mold of the molding and filling station due to the action of the pressure of a supplied filling material in the preform. The respective container is withdrawn from the molding and filling element of the molding and filling station after molding and filling.
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33 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. A method for producing filled containers from preforms made of a thermoplastic material, comprising the steps of:
- transferring the preforms in each case onto a molding and filling element of a molding and filling station; and
, in a subsequent molding and filling process, remolding the preforms into a particular container in a mold of the molding and filling station and which is in a molding and filling status, under an effect of pressure of a supplied filling material; and
, after the molding and filling, removing the container from the molding and filling element or the molding and filling station;
further including, before the molded and filled container is removed, transferring the filling station into a safety status in which an inner space of the particular mold or of a partial area of the particular mold forming at least a container mouth of the container is separated and protected from areas of the molding and filling element coming into contact with the filling material and with the preforms or the containers being molded. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- transferring the preforms in each case onto a molding and filling element of a molding and filling station; and
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24. A device for producing containers filled with a liquid filling material from preforms made of a thermoplastic material, the device comprising:
- at least one molding and filling station having a mold and a molding and filling element, wherein each molding and filling station has at least one molding and filling element by which, during the molding and filling, the filling material is introduced into a particular preform and into the container being molded, and at least one mold with a mold inner space having a contour that corresponds to a shape of the containers, wherein the molding and filling element or a part of the molding and filling element interacting with the preform and the container during the molding and filling, and the mold or a part of the mold are movable relative to one another to change a status of the molding and filling station between a molding and filling status and a safety status, in which the molding and filling element or a part forming a filling material discharge is outside the mold or a part of the mold.
- View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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