Patent ID: 8641409

Claim:
Blow mold for manufacturing blow molded or stretch-blow molded containers, comprising mold support parts movable relative to each other by a force-transmitting actuation mechanism for opening, closing and locking mold parts defining a mold cavity and mounted to the mold support parts, each mold support part being an integrally formed composite component with areas of different materials, and in the mold support part, at least one first area of a material predominantly is a force transmission element, and at least one second area of another material is predominantly one of a filling or an enclosing or a spacer element; wherein in an area of a material of high strength, at least one force transmission or force introduction feature is provided and placed at the mold support part to be accessible from outside; and wherein the mold support part is a bent composite bowl which comprises an inside boundary for mounting a mold part, an outside boundary, upper and lower end surfaces presenting the bend of the composite bowl, and abutments which are each aligned and separated by spaces, and the abutments and the force transmission features, the force introduction features, or the combination thereof are arranged in or at the respective force transmission element, respectively.