Patent ID: 8167607

Claim:
An apparatus for blow molding containers, which has a heating line for heating preforms made of a thermoplastic material and is provided with a blowing system, which has at least one blowing station for shaping the preforms into containers, and in which at least one gripper-like transport element with two gripper arms is provided for handling the preforms, said gripper arms being mounted in a way that allows them to swivel relative to a gripper carrier, wherein each of the gripper arms ( 45 , 46 ) is coupled by at least one lever ( 47 , 48 ) with a central element ( 49 ) in such a way that it can swivel, said central element ( 49 ) being arranged at least partly between the gripper arms ( 45 , 46 ), and where each of the gripper arms ( 45 , 46 ) is elastically clamped relative to the central element ( 49 ) by at least one spring.