Manufacturing process of a container made of plastic material and installation for carrying out said process

• US 3,016,669 A
• Filed: 07/22/1959
• Issued: 01/16/1962
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1958
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Rene Grosclaude
• Original Assignee: Rene Grosclaude
• Inventors: Grosclaude, Rene
• Application Number:
  US03/828,774
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• US Class Current: 53/561
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2049/023 using inherent heat of the preform, i.e. 1 step blow moulding
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 49/06 Injection blow-moulding
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 49/063 with the parison axis held in the plane of rotation
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/003 Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/022 Making containers by moulding of a thermoplastic material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 264/37 Processes and molds for making capsules

Claims

1. AN APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CONTAINERS THROUGH INJECTION OF A FLUID TO BE CONTAINED IN SAID CONTAINER INTO A MASS OF PLASTIC MATERIAL WHEN IS IN A MOLDABLE STATE COMPRISING A FRAME, A TRANSFER DEVICE, THREE OPERATING STATIONS, EACH OF SAID OPERATING STATIONS COMPRISING A MOLD, EACH MOLD HAVING A DIFFERENT SHAPE ACCORDING TO THE FUCTION IT IS INTENDED TO FULFILL AND COMPRISING TWO MOLD PARTS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS CARRIED BY SAID TRANSFER DEVICE AND IN WHICH SAID TRANSFER DEVICE COMPRISES FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS CARRYING AT LEAST TWO OF SAID MOLD PARTS CARRIED BY SAID TRANSFER DEVICE, MOLD PARTS CARRIED BY ONE OF SAID SUPPORTS HAVING THE SAME SHAPE AND MOLD PARTS CARRIED BY THE OTHER OF SAID SUPPORTS HAVING A DIFFERENT SHAPE, MOLD PARTS CARRIED BY SAID FIRST SUPPORT COOPERATING SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH ROTATION OF SAID FIRST SUPPORT WITH A LINEARLY DISPLACEABLE MOLD PART FORMING A FIRST OPERATING STATION, A FLUID FILLING PROVIDED IN SAID MOLD PARTS CARRIED BY SAID FIRST SUPPORT, PLASTIC INJECTION MEANS FOR SAID FIRST OPERATING STATION COMPRISING AN INJECTION HOLE PROVIDED IN SAID LINEARLY DISPLACEABLE MOLD PART OF SAID FIRST OPERATION STATION FOR INJECTING PLASTIC MATERIAL IN A MOLD FORMED BY SAID MOLD PARTS OF SAID FIRST OPERATING STATION, CLOSING MEANS FOR SAID FIRST OPERATING STATION COMPRISING A CLOSING ROD INTENDED TO CLOSE SAID FILLING HOLE OF THE MOLD PART CARRIED BY THE FIRST SUPPORT WHEN COOPERATING WITH SAID LINEARLY DISPLACEABLE MOLD PART OF SAID FIRST OPERATING STATION, MOLD PARTS CARRIED BY SAID FIRST SUPPORT COOPERATING SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH ROTATION OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTS WITH THE MOLD PARTS OF SAID SECOND SUPPORT TO FORM A SECOND OPERATING STATION, FLUID INJECTION MEANS FOR SAID SECOND OPERATION STATION COMPRISING AN INJECTION MEMBER FOR ENGAGING SAID FILLING HOLE OF SAID