Patent ID: 8500439

Claim:
An extrusion blow molding device for producing plastic bottles, comprising: an extruder head which is connected to at least one extruder for plastics material and has at least one extrusion die, a blow molding tool arrangement with at least one blow molding cavity, at least one insufflation device which is arranged at the side of the blow molding tool arrangement that is remote from the extruder head and can be introduced through an orifice provided there into the blow molding cavity, the extruder head being axially adjustable in terms of height in relation to the blow molding tool arrangement, and a hinge pin, the extruder articulated to the hinge pin and mounted so as to be tiltable in a rocker-like manner about the hinge pin along its longitudinal extent and in that the at least one extruder and the hinge pin are arranged so as to be adjustable in height, wherein the adjustment in height is provided by a lifting mechanism attached to the hinge pin, the lifting mechanism capable of lifting both the hinge pin and the extruder simultaneously.