Patent ID: 8512625

Claim:
An injection blow molding system for injection molding a resin into a plurality of parisons and blow molding said parisons into a plurality of molded articles, said injection blow molding system comprising: an injection station for injection molding said resin into said parisons; a blowing station for blow molding said parisons into said molded articles; an indexing head for transferring said parisons from said injection station to said blowing station; and a heat transfer fluid source, wherein said injection station defines one or more heat transfer channels coupled in fluid-flow communication with said heat transfer fluid source, wherein said injection station further comprises a split parison mold assembly shiftable between an open position and a closed position, wherein said split parison mold assembly comprises first and second body mold halves for defining the exterior shape of the bodies of said parisons, wherein less than 50 percent of the total volume of said heat transfer channels is defined within said body mold halves.