Patent ID: 8496867

Claim:
A process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank equipped with a component, by molding a parison using a mold comprising two cavities and a core, said process comprising the following steps: A) introducing a parison into the mold cavities; B) introducing the core inside the parison, said core having first been fitted with a component; C) closing the mold so that the cavities come into leaktight contact with the core; D) pressing the parison against the cavities by blowing through the core and/or applying a vacuum behind the cavities; E) installing the component on the inner wall of the parison using a device attached to the core; F) opening the mold in order to withdraw the core; and G) finally, molding the parison by blow-molding and/or thermoforming; wherein step B comprises mounting the component around a needle or an oblong object comprising a cutting device, attached to the core, and wherein step E comprises the following steps: E1) displacing the needle or cutting device so as to first deform the parison and after, piercing an opening into it, the needle or oblong object carrying the component with it in order to position the component in the opening; and E2) withdrawing the needle or oblong object, leaving the component lodged in the opening.