Patent ID: 8758001

Claim:
A molding device ( 10 ) for a machine for manufacturing thermoplastic material containers by forming a pre-heated preform by means of a pressurized fluid, the molding device ( 10 ) comprising: two mold-carriers ( 14 ) mounted to be mobile relative to each other about a rotation axis (O) between an open position and a closed position, two half-molds ( 20 , 220 , 22 , 222 ) which, each provided with a half-imprint ( 21 ) and carried by a mold-carrier ( 14 ), are mounted in the respective associated mold-carriers ( 14 ), and fixing means ( 40 , 140 , 240 ) adapted to fix each half-mold ( 20 , 220 ) occupying a mounted position in a demountable manner to the mold-carrier ( 14 ), wherein the means ( 40 , 240 ) for fixing each half-mold ( 20 , 220 ) to the mold-carrier ( 14 ), mounted to be mobile between at least a fixing position and a release position, include at least one actuator member ( 42 , 242 ) that is carried by the molding device ( 10 ), and said at least one actuator member ( 42 , 242 ) for the fixing means ( 40 , 240 ) is adapted to slide vertically to drive the fixing means ( 40 , 240 ) between said positions when the mold-carriers ( 14 ) are in the closed position.