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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2009
Method for transferring preforms to a blow molding machine and mold carrier for at least one preform
Erik Blochmann, Neutraubling, DE;
Josef Penninger, Oberinkofen, DE;
Hans-juergen Fleischmann, Steinberg am See, DE;
Erik Blochmann, Neutraubling, DE;
Josef Penninger, Oberinkofen, DE;
Hans-Juergen Fleischmann, Steinberg am See, DE;
Krones AG, Neutraubling, DE;
Abstract
A method for transferring a plurality of preforms to a blow molding machine having a plurality of mold carriers, wherein each mold carrier is arranged to carry at least one multi-part blow mold, the method including the steps of transferring the preforms along a transfer section to the blow molding machine, opening at least one of the mold carriers as it reaches the transfer section, transferring at least one preform located at the transfer section to a holding element assigned to the open mold carrier, positioning the preform in the at least one blow mold of the mold carrier, closing the mold carrier with the preform positioned therein, wherein part of the blow mold in the closed state of the mold carrier being formed by the holding element, and repeating the previous steps for each of the preforms supplied to the blow molding machine via the transfer section.