Patent ID: 8523556

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; and an indexing head for transferring said parisons from said injection station to said blowing station, wherein said injection station comprises first and second die sets shiftable between an open position and a closed position, wherein said injection station further comprises a plurality of first individual body mold halves coupled to said first die set and spaced apart from one another, wherein said injection station further comprises a plurality of second individual body mold halves coupled to said second die set and spaced apart from one another, wherein each of said first individual body mold halves has a corresponding second individual body mold half, wherein each pair of corresponding first and second individual body mold halves cooperatively defines the exterior shape of the body of one of said parisons.