Patent ID: 8137091

Claim:
Stretching rod holding arrangement, comprising: a stretching rod for expanding plastic containers, the stretching rod having an elongate rod-shaped main body, a stretching body, and a holding body, the holding body protruding with respect to the rod-shaped main body in a radial direction of the rod-shaped main body; a receiving space for mounting the stretching rod, the receiving space being configured to receive at least one region of the holding body, the receiving space having a lower boundary wall in the longitudinal direction of the stretching rod, an opening being provided in this lower boundary wall, through which opening the main body can pass; and an arresting mechanism above the lower boundary wall in the longitudinal direction of the stretching rod, the arresting mechanism being movable with respect to the receiving space between at least two positions, wherein, in a first position, the arresting mechanism allows passage of the holding body in the longitudinal direction of the stretching rod, and, in a second position, the arresting mechanism prevents the passage of the holding body of the stretching rod.