Patent ID: 6811390
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
An extrusion, blow-molding machine comprising:a plurality of molding units carried by a carrousel which is rotatable around a substantially vertical axis (A1), the molding units including a two-part mold, both parts being movable with respect to each other between an open position and a closed position; an extrusion head which is placed above the carrousel in a specific angular position around the carrousel's axis of rotation (A1), the molding units being controllable to be in an open position when the molding units are respectively located below the extrusion head, and to be in a closed position after having seized a section of a preform flowed from the extrusion head, wherein the molding units are mounted on the carrousel such that they are respectively movable between a working position and a retracted position, the retracted position being taken just after a section of preform is seized, and the molding units being mounted on the carrousel so as to be able to tilt around a substantially horizontal axis of articulation (An), and wherein the molding units are respectively articulated around an axis (An) which is substantially tangent to a path of the carrousel.