Blow Head

Abstract

To prevent the tilting of the glass bottle when the finish mold is separated, the blow head (20) for blow molding a glass bottle (C) that is positioned above a finish mold (14) having a pair of mold parts separated by a parting surface (14A) extending vertically and interposing a bottom mold (12) between the two parts, the blow head being configured to blow air into a mouth (P1) of a parison (P) that protrudes upward from the finish mold, the blow head, comprises a head main body (21) including a skirt portion (22) that is positioned in a lower part thereof and opens downward, the skirt portion defining a chamber (26) for receiving the mouth in cooperation with an upper surface of the finish mold, a nozzle (42) positioned inside the skirt portion, and configured to blow compressed air into the mouth, an abutting member (45) vertically movably supported inside the skirt portion, and configured to selectively abut against the upper end surface of the mouth, and a biasing member (51) interposed between the skirt portion and the abutting member to bias the abutting member downward.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.