Patent ID: 8562334

Claim:
An injection blow molding system for injection molding a resin into a plurality of parisons and blow molding said parisons into a plurality of molded articles, said injection blow molding system comprising: an injection station for injection molding said resin into said parisons; a blowing station for blow molding said parisons into said molded articles; and an indexing head for transferring said parisons from said injection station to said blowing station, wherein said injection station comprises first and second die sets shiftable between an open position and a closed position, wherein said injection station comprises first and second neck mold halves coupled to, directly contacting, and movable with said first and second die sets respectively during shifting of said die sets between said open and closed positions, wherein said first and second neck mold halves are configured to cooperatively define the exterior shape of the necks of said parisons when said die sets are in said closed position.