Patent ID: 7381045
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. Quick change tooling for the blow station of a bottle forming machine comprising: a pair of opposed back plates attachable to a corresponding pair of platens of the machine and movable relatively toward and away from one another with the platens between open and closed positions; a pair of opposed mold blocks secured to the back plates for movement therewith and each having a plurality of mold cavity halves disposed thereon for cooperating with corresponding cavity halves in the opposite mold block to form a series of blow cavities when the back plates are in their closed position, said mold blocks being releasably attachable to their back plates to permit the mold blocks to be exchanged for a different pair of mold blocks; and a push-up plate having a plurality of bottom contours disposed thereon for cooperating with the cavity halves in forming the bottoms of the blow cavities when the back plates are in their closed position, said push-up plate being releasably attachable to the machine to permit the push-up plate to be exchanged for a different push-up plate.