Patent ID: 8308473

Claim:
Mould arrangement, comprising a blow-moulding die arrangement arranged for receiving a preform and for expanding said preform to obtain a container, wherein a compression-moulding die arrangement is associated with said blow-moulding die arrangement, said compression-moulding die arrangement being arranged for receiving plastics and for shaping said plastics to obtain a neck portion of said preform, wherein said blow-moulding die arrangement comprises a first half-mould and a second half-mould and a moving device arranged for moving said first half-mould and said second half-mould towards, or away from, one another between an open configuration, in which said first half-mould and said second half-mould are spaced apart from one another, and a closed configuration, in which said first half-mould interacts with said second half-mould to shape said preform, wherein said compression-moulding die arrangement comprises a further first half-mould and a further second half-mould and a further moving device arranged for moving said further first half-mould and said further second half-mould towards, and away from, one another between a forming configuration, in which said further first half-mould and said further second half-mould interact with one another to form said neck portion and to retain said neck portion, and a release configuration, in which said further first half-mould and said further second half-mould are spaced apart from one another to release said neck portion, and further comprising a closure promoting element arranged for centering said compression-moulding die arrangement in relation to said blow-moulding die arrangement and for maintaining said first half-mould and said second half-mould in said closed configuration.