Patent ID: 7014446

Claim:
A molding machine for blow molding a plastic article comprising: a frame; a mold supported by the frame, the mold having a first mold half and a second mold half, both of the mold halves including surfaces cooperating to form a cavity in the shape of the plastic article; a mold insert located in at least one of the mold halves, the mold insert including a body having a surface that defines a portion of the cavity, the mold insert further including a retention member received interiorly in the one of the mold halves; a locking member supported by the one of the mold halves, the locking member located so as to be engageable with the retention member when the body is received within the one of the mold halves, the locking member including a spring biasing the locking member toward engagement with the retention member; and a release member supported by the one of the mold halves, the release member being accessible from an exterior of the one of the mold halves without removal of the one of the mold halves from the molding machine and adapted to disengage the locking member from the retention member whereby the mold insert is removable from the one of the mold halves.