Apparatus for blow molding hollow plastic bodies
AssigneeSociete de Machines pour la Transformation des Plastiques
InventorsPierre Bellehache, Jean M. Houdan
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Abstract
An electrically heated sterilization chamber 9 for a hollow blow molding needle 15 is embodied in a half-mold 1A and exits directly into the mold cavity 3, 4. A three-way distributor core 11 enables the selective connection of the sterilization chamber to the mold cavity or to a circuit 21 comprising a vacuum source 35 and a source of sterile water vapor 37 coupled in parallel. The needle is initially sterilized by the hot water vapor, and thereafter maintained in a sterile state by the electrical heating and its confinement within the half-mold.
Claims3
A blow molding apparatus for manufacturing hollow plastic bodies, comprising:
- an openable mold (1), a hollow blow needle (15), a sterilization chamber (9) defined within a half (1A) of said mold, means (16) for moving the needle between a sterilization position in which a front portion thereof is disposed within the chamber and a blowing position in which said front portion is introduced into a cavity (3) of said mold, the needle being slidably disposed within a passage (8) which exits into a further cavity (4) of the mold, means for selectively connecting a rear portion of the needle to a sterile gas supply source (28) or to the atmosphere (29), and a portion of said passage adjacent the further cavity comprising two aligned channels (12, 13) within a three-way distributor core (11) providing selective connection of the sterilization chamber (9) to the mold cavity or to a source of water vapor (37).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.