Patent ID: 6918754
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. A blow mold ( 1 ) with mold parts ( 3 , 4 ) for a stretch blow molding machine or the like, comprising at least one locking element ( 9 , 28 ) attached to a first mold part ( 3 ), and at least one counter-element ( 10 - a, b, c ) attached to a second mold part ( 4 ), the counter-element ( 10 - a, b, c ) being a shaft ( 10 - a, b, c ) positioned in parallel to a connecting axis ( 2 ), around which the mold parts ( 3 , 4 ) can be swiveled, which shaft is locked by means of rotation around a longitudinal axis ( 16 - a, b, c ) proceeding through the shaft, the shaft being rotatable between a locking position, in which the blow mold ( 1 ) is locked, and an unlocking position, in which the blow mold ( 1 ) can be opened, and the shaft ( 10 - a, b, c ) having such an external contour that the shaft ( 10 - a, b, c ) is, in the locking position, at least partially applied against the locking element ( 9 , 28 ) and, in the unlocking position, releases the locking element ( 9 , 21 ).