Patent ID: 7601292

Claim:
A blow molding machine comprising an extruder having an extrusion head, comprising at least one, preferably two, closing units, each having an upper closing plate with the upper mold half and a lower closing plate with the lower mold half, the upper closing plates with the upper mold halves being vertically movable and the lower closing plates with the lower mold halves being horizontally movable to an insertion device under the extrusion head, the insertion device inserting the respective parison exiting from the extrusion head into the lower mold half positioned at said place, wherein the two closing units can be reciprocated along a first guide path extending in a direction transverse to a second guide path that extends from a central removal position the first guide path to the insertion device, the lower dosing plates with the lower mold halves of the two closing units being alternately movable along the second guide path from the removal position to the insertion device and back.