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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Discma Ag, Hunenberg, CH;
Inventor:
Theodore F. Eberle, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Discma AG, Hunenberg, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 49/12 (2006.01); B29C 49/00 (2006.01); B29C 49/08 (2006.01); B29C 49/10 (2006.01); B29C 49/46 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01); B29C 49/06 (2006.01); B29C 49/22 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 49/12 (2013.01); B29C 49/0073 (2013.01); B29C 49/08 (2013.01); B29C 49/10 (2013.01); B29C 49/46 (2013.01); B29C 49/06 (2013.01); B29C 49/22 (2013.01); B29C 2049/129 (2013.01); B29C 2049/1219 (2013.01); B29C 2049/1238 (2013.01); B29C 2049/1247 (2013.01); B29C 2049/465 (2013.01); B29K 2023/06 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01); B29K 2067/003 (2013.01); B29K 2105/258 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7158 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mold device and a method related thereto for forming a plastic container from a preform. The mold device comprises a mold defining a mold cavity, a stretch initiation rod system for engaging an interior portion of the preform to define a stretch initiation area, and a centrally disposed pressure source positionable within the preform for introducing a pressurized fluid.