Mold element for forming a container, provided with pressure-release air vents in the form of slots
AssigneeSidel Participations
InventorsJean-Christophe Langlois, Regis Bechen, Michel Boukobza, Mickael Letestu
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Abstract
A one-piece mold element (3, 7) for a mold (1) for manufacturing containers from blanks of plastic material by blow molding or stretch blow molding. The mold element (3, 7) includes a one-piece molding wall (4, 8) having a raised molding surface (5, 9) bearing the imprint of at least one portion of a container, the molding wall (4, 8) having at least one decompression vent (20) extending therethrough, the hole leading, via an inner opening (21), onto the molding surface (9), which is provided in the form of a slot.
Claims18
One-piece mold element (3, 7) designed for a mold (1) for the manufacturing of containers by blow molding or stretch blow molding from parisons made of plastic material, with this mold element (3, 7) comprising a one-piece molding wall (4, 8) that has a raised molding surface (5, 9) bearing the imprint of at least a portion of a container, with the molding wall (4, 8) being penetrated by at least one pressure-release air vent (20) that empties, via an inner opening (21), onto the molding surface (9), wherein the opening (21) comes in the form of a slot, and further comprising a secondary wall (16) that defines, with the molding wall (8), a cavity (15) that conforms to the raised pattern of the molding surface (9) for the circulation of a coolant, and wherein the at least one air vent (20) extends through the cavity (15) by being separated from the latter by a wall (24) with a closed contour connecting the molding wall (8) to the secondary wall (16).
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