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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2003
W. Bruce Larsen, Holland, OH (US);
W. Bruce Larsen, Holland, OH (US);
Graham Packaging PET Technologies, Inc., York, PA (US);
Abstract
A system for making plastic containers includes a source for providing a continuous stream of molten plastic, and a cutter for severing a continuing series of individual mold charges from the continuous molten plastic stream. A compression molder includes a plurality of compression molds arranged in a continuing series for receiving the mold charges in sequence and compression molding the mold charges into a continuing series of individual plastic container preforms. A blow molder includes a plurality of blow molds arranged in a continuing series for receiving the individual plastic container preforms in sequence and blow molding the preforms into a continuing series of plastic containers. A common drive coordinates continuous and synchronous operation of the molten plastic source, the cutter, the compression molder and the blow molder to provide the continuing series of plastic containers from the continuous stream of molten plastic.