Patent ID: 7293980
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K

Abstract:
1. A porous insert that is configured for use in a cooling tube assembly for a post-molding conditioning of at least a portion of a malleable injection molded preform received therein, said porous insert comprising: a porous body formed from a thermally conductive porous material; a porous inner conditioning surface configured within said porous body that provides at least a portion of a conditioning cavity that is configured within said cooling tube assembly; said porous body being configured to provide a fluid communication pathway between said inner conditioning surface and an air pressure structure; said porous body including a cooling surface configured thereon; a surface treatment being provided along said cooling surface for a sealing thereof whereby said cooling surface is substantially impervious to a leakage of a coolant media therethrough.