Patent ID: 6997429

Claim:
A mold casing ( 10 ) for manufacturing molded bodies, where the mold casing ( 10 ) may be moved into a closed manufacturing position to prepare for the manufacture of the molded body and may be opened when in said position of manufacture to release the manufactured molded bodies, comprising: a securing device fitted onto two mutually displaceable mold-casing segments ( 14 , 16 ) closing or opening the mold casing and by means of which the mold casing ( 10 ) may be secured into position of manufacture, where the securing device comprises at least one latch ( 22 ) mounted on one of the mold-casing segments ( 14 , 16 ) and at least one latch mating-element ( 26 ) which is mounted on the particular other mold-casing segment ( 16 ), where the at least one latch ( 22 ) is adjustable by means of a drive unit ( 24 ) between a locked position corresponding to one of the manufacturing positions of the mold casing ( 10 ) in which it is in locking engagement with an associated latch mating-element ( 26 ) and an unlocked position in which the locking engagement has been eliminated, wherein the drive unit ( 24 ) is movable between a ready-to-unlock position corresponding to the locked position of the latch ( 22 ) and a ready-to-lock position corresponding to the unlocked position due to relative motions entailed by manufacturing procedures of the mold casing on one hand and its manufacturing environment on the other; wherein the drive unit ( 24 ) when in its ready-to-unlock position projects beyond a first end face ( 10 b ) of the mold casing ( 10 ) and when in its ready-to-lock position projects beyond a second end face ( 10 a ) of the mold casing ( 10 ).