Patent ID: 6926506

Claim:
An apparatus for use in a device for the production of containers from a plastic which is deformable by stretch blow molding into a mold having an inner space that corresponds to that of the finished container, said device having a holder for retaining the container, said apparatus having a moveable stretching die ( 1 ) guided through the holder to stretch a blank of the deformable plastic, having gas supply channels ( 26 , 14 and 15 ) and having an igniter ( 35 ) arranged to ignite an explosive gas mixture within the stretched plastic blank to expand the plastic blank into mold, wherein the apparatus at an end facing the container has a sealing washer ( 29 ) that can be brought into sealing engagement with the holder at an end facing away from the container to permit passage of gas into the container from distribution block ( 2 ) and to permit axial movement of stretching die ( 1 ) of the apparatus through the holder to stretch the plastic blank, at least one first flow-agent connection ( 13 ) of the apparatus being fitted in a first region of the main distributor block ( 2 ) facing away from the container and a further flow-agent connection ( 14 ) being fitted in a opposite region of main distributor block ( 2 ) facing the container, supply channels ( 26 , 14 , 15 ) being interconnected and connection ( 13 ) and supply channels ( 16 ) and ( 15 ) being interconnected such that channel ( 15 ) is shared by gases from both of connections ( 13 ) and ( 14 ).