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US 4,451,426 AGranted
Process for blow-molding a hollow article from a preform made from a thermoplastic
AssigneeSolvay & Cie
InventorJose Branchadell
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Abstract
The preform (1) for the production of hollow articles by blow-moulding possesses a profiled false neck (4) provided with a circular toothed collar (6), and during the thermal conditioning of the preform for the purpose of final blowing, the preform, held loosely by idling holding rollers (8) (9) at the level of the profiling of its false neck (4), is caused to rotate about its longitudinal axis by a toothed drive member (13) which cooperates with the circular toothed collar (6).
Claims3
Process for blow-moulding a hollow article, comprising:
- moulding, from a thermoplastic, a preform having a body of cylindrical general shape surmounted by a profiled false neck possessing a circular toothed collar located in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the preform;
- thermally conditioning the preform while causing the preform to rotate about its longitudinal axis by means of a toothed drive member cooperating with the circular toothed collar;
- and then blow-moulding the desired final hollow article from the conditioned preform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.