Apparatus and method for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with coupling device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11045994-B2
Application number	US-201615766047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	Oct 6, 2015
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for deforming plastics parisons to form plastics containers, having a blow-molding device which is arranged at least indirectly on a main shaft which is pivotable about a pivot axis, which blow molding device has at least two mold supports, a base element and two blow mold parts, wherein the base element and the blow mold parts are suitable for forming a cavity within which the plastics parisons are deformable to form the plastic containers, and the base element is arranged on a base receptacle, and having a coupling device which couples an opening movement of the blow mold parts to a raising and lowering movement of the base part relative to the blow mold parts.

First claim

The claims are as followed:

1. An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with a blow molding device, which is arranged at least indirectly on a main shaft that is pivotable about a pivot axis, and which comprises at least two mold carriers, a base element and two blow mold parts, wherein the base element and the blow mold parts are suitable for forming a cavity inside which the plastic preforms can be formed into the plastic containers, and the base element is arranged on a base holder, and with a coupling device which couples an opening movement of the blow mold parts to a lift and lower movement of the base element relative to the blow mold parts,
wherein
the coupling device has a curve element which cooperates with a further element such that, by opening of the blow molding device by pivoting of at least one mold carrier about the pivot axis of the main shaft, at least one of the curve element and the further element can be brought into a rotational movement relative to the pivot axis, via which the base holder with the base element can be lowered, wherein the coupling device is arranged directly on the main shaft and wherein a curve path of the curve element is formed as a protrusion in a circumferential direction of the guide element, and at least one roller runs on the top side of the curve element and at least one further roller runs on the underside of the curve element, such that the curve element is received between at least the one roller and the one further roller.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the further element is a roller arrangement with at least one roller which can be guided in the curve element.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
an elastic damping element is arranged on the base element or on the base holder.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the apparatus has a rotatable carrier on which a plurality of these blow molding devices is arranged.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein
the rotatable carrier is arranged inside a clean room.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
a first mold carrier is pivotable in an angle between 20° and 60° relative to the pivot axis defined by the main shaft, and/or a second mold carrier is pivotable in an angle between 1° and 10° relative to the pivot axis defined by the main shaft.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the first mold carrier and the second mold carrier consist of different materials.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the base element has a fixing device which fixes the base element relative to the blow mold parts when the blow mold is in a closed state.

9. A method for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, with a blow molding device which is arranged at least indirectly on a main shaft that is pivotable about a pivot axis, and which comprises at least two mold carriers, a base element and two blow mold parts, wherein the base element and the blow mold parts are suitable for forming a cavity, inside which the plastic preforms can be formed into the plastic containers, and the base element is arranged on a base holder, and with a coupling device which couples an opening movement of the blow mold parts with a lift and lower movement of the base element relative to the blow mold parts,
wherein
the coupling device has a curve element which cooperates with a further element such that, by opening of the blow molding device by pivoting of at least one mold carrier about the pivot axis of the main shaft, at least one of the curve element and the further element is brought into a rotational movement relative to the pivot axis, via which the base holder with the base element is lowered, wherein the coupling device is arranged directly on the main shaft and wherein a curve path of the curve element is formed as a protrusion in a circumferential direction of the guide element, and at least one roller runs on the top side of the curve element and at least one further roller runs on the underside of the curve element, such that the curve element is received between at least the one roller and the one further roller.

10. The method according to claim 9 ,
wherein
on opening the mold carriers, a first mold carrier is pivoted in an angle between 20° and 60° relative to the pivot axis defined by the main shaft, and/or a second mold carrier is pivoted in an angle between 1° and 10° relative to the pivot axis of the main shaft.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the main shaft and the coupling device are arranged parallel to a vertical longitudinal axis of the blow molding device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the main shaft and the base holder are arranged on a common receiver.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the curve element integrated in the coupling device is configured such that it runs as a groove in a circumferential direction of the guide element.

14. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the base holder is mounted rotatably with the base element and the curve element is directly integrated in a side face of the base element.

15. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the apparatus comprises an opening device which is connected to the mold carriers via a plurality of connecting rods.

Assignees

• Krones Ag

Inventors

• Höellriegl Thomas

Classifications

• B29C49/48

  Moulds · CPC title

• B29C49/12

  Stretching rods · CPC title

• B29C49/5611 Primary

  Tilting movement, e.g. changing angle of the mould parts towards the vertical direction · CPC title

• B29L2031/7158

  Bottles · CPC title

• B29C49/06

  Injection blow-moulding · CPC title