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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2012
Hiroshi Horigome, Miyota-machi, JP;
Kazuyuki Yokobayashi, Ueda, JP;
Daisaburo Takehana, Ueda, JP;
Nissei ASB Machine Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A blow molding apparatus includes an injection molding station () that injection-molds preforms (A) held by N (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) rows of holding plates (), a temperature control station () that performs a temperature control operation on the preforms (A), a blow molding station () that blow-molds the preforms into containers, and a row pitch change section () that changes the row pitch of the N rows of holding plates so that P1<P3<P2 is satisfied, P1 being the row pitch of the N rows of holding plates when they hold the performs, P2 being the row pitch of the N rows of holding plates when they hold the containers, and P3 being the row pitch of the N rows of holding plates when they hold the preforms that are transferred to N rows of blow molds that are opened.