Patent ID: 8408893

Claim:
An apparatus for moulding plastic preforms into plastic containers comprising at least one blow moulding station having a cavity, within which the plastic preforms may be expanded into plastic containers, the blow moulding station including a bottom portion which delimits the cavity, the bottom portion being detachably disposed on a carrier by a fastening mechanism, the fastening mechanism having at least one pin-like body disposed on a first fastening element, said pin-like body engaging in a groove provided in a second fastening element when in a condition in which the bottom portion is fastened to the carrier, the pin-like body being displaceable relative to the carrier in the groove for fastening the bottom portion and with the groove being designed in such a way that an end section of the pin-like body is permitted to pass through the groove in a first region of the groove and not permitted to pass through the groove in a second region of the groove.