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AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsAndreas Hack, Florian Geltinger
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A method and apparatus for operating an apparatus for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers, wherein the apparatus has a movable carrier, on which a plurality of transforming stations are arranged for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers. The transforming stations each have at least two mould supports on which blow mould parts are arranged, which blow mould parts are components of a blow mould and form a hollow space within which the plastic parisons can be expanded into the plastic containers by application of a flowable medium. The mould supports are pivotable with respect to one another for opening and closing the blow mould and wherein furthermore the transforming stations have a latching mechanism which is configured to latch the two mould supports at least at times to one another such that an opening movement of the blow mould is prevented.
A method for operating an apparatus for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers, wherein the apparatus has a movable carrier, on which a plurality of transforming stations are arranged for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers, and these transforming stations each have at least two mould supports on which blow mould parts are arranged, wherein these blow mould parts are components of a blow mould and form a hollow space within which the plastic parisons can be expanded into the plastic containers by application of a flowable medium and wherein these two mould supports are pivotable with respect to one another for opening and closing the blow mould and wherein furthermore the transforming stations have a latching mechanism which is configured to latch the two mould supports at least at times to one another in such a way that an opening movement of the blow mould is prevented, wherein a changing operation of the apparatus is provided, in which at least components of the blow mould are changed and a first actuating device is provided, which effects an unlatching and/or latching of the latching mechanism, and a second actuating device is provided which brings the mould support into an open and/or closed position, wherein at least one of the operations initiated and/or carried out by the actuating devices is initiated and/or carried out by a rotary movement of the carrier relative to the actuating device, and wherein at least one of the operations initiated and/or carried out by the actuating devices is initiated and/or carried out during a shutdown of the carrier.
The method according to claim, wherein the blow mould support includes a second cam roller, wherein during the changing operation the second actuating device is in engagement together with the second cam roller and is brought into a first position which corresponds to the open position of the mould support.
An apparatus for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers, wherein the apparatus has a movable carrier, on which a plurality of transforming stations are arranged for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers, and these transforming stations each have at least two mould supports on which blow mould parts are arranged, wherein these blow mould parts are components of a blow mould and form a hollow space within which the plastic parisons can be expanded into the plastic containers by application of a flowable medium and wherein these two mould supports are pivotable with respect to one another for opening and closing the blow mould and wherein the transforming stations have a latching mechanism which is configured to latch the two mould supports at least at times to one another in such a way that an opening movement of the blow mould is prevented, wherein a changing operation of the apparatus is provided, in which at least components of the blow mould are changed and a first actuating device is provided, which effects a latching and/or unlatching of the latching mechanism before or while a changing operation is carried out, and a second actuating device is provided which brings the mould support into an open and/or closed position, wherein in the changing operation of the apparatus the latching mechanism can be unlatched or latched by a movement of the transforming station relative to the actuating device and/or the mould support can be brought into an open and/or closed position by a movement of the transforming station relative to the actuating device, and, wherein the apparatus has, a changing device which is configured to demount blow mould parts from the blow mould support parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.