Patent ID: 6776010
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
A blow head mechanism for blowing a parison in a blow mold of a blow station of an I.S. machine and cooling the blown parison so that a bottle will be formed which can be removed from the blow station, comprisinga blow head assembly, support means for supporting said blow head assembly, first displacement means for displacing said support means to displace said blow head assembly between a remote up position and an advanced down position, said blow head assembly including a blow tube selectively displaceable between an up position and a down position, second displacement means for displacing said blow tube from the up position down to the down position and then back up to the up position, said second displacement means including a profiled actuator including a displacement profile for controlling the displacement of the blow tube from the up position to the down position the displacement profile being selectively defined to correlate with the cooling requirements of the bottle as the blow tube is displaced from the up position to the down position.