Patent ID: 8029270
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B29C,B29K

Abstract:
1. A device for blow molding containers, which has a heating line for heating injection molded preforms made of a thermoplastic material and a blowing system, which has at least one blowing station arranged on a blowing wheel for shaping the preforms into containers, the blowing station is provided with mold supports for supporting each blow mold segment, and in which blowing system, a first mold support is mounted in such a way that it can move relative to a second mold support by rotating about a hinge pin, wherein, when the blowing station ( 3 ) is in a closed position, at least one of the mold supports ( 19 , 20 ), independently of the other mold support ( 19 , 20 ) and at a distance from a hinge pin ( 40 ) of the blowing station ( 3 ), is arranged in such a way that it is supported relative to an end support ( 58 ) that is rigidly connected with the blowing wheel ( 25 ), and that the mold support ( 19 , 20 ) that is supported relative to the end support ( 58 ) that is positioned in such a way that it can be braced at least temporarily both relative to the end support ( 58 ) and relative to the other mold support ( 19 , 20 ), wherein the blowing station ( 3 ) is arranged in such a way with a parting plane ( 41 ) of the blow mold segments that the parting plane ( 41 ) is positioned obliquely to a radial reference plane ( 42 ) of the blowing wheel ( 25 ), wherein the radial reference plane extends radially from and axially along the axis of the blowing wheel, and wherein the hinge pin ( 40 ) is arranged essentially vertically, wherein the injection molded preforms are transported along a transport path from the heating line to the blowing system.