Containers and apparatus and method for fabricating and filling containers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9718232-B2
Application number	US-201314652631-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2013
Priority date	Dec 19, 2012
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

An apparatus ( 100 ) for the fabrication of a container ( 300 ) comprising a mold ( 121 ) defining the form of said container ( 300 ) and configured to accommodate a substantially tubular preform, an injection head ( 115 ) configured to interface with the preform ( 108 ) and establish fluid communication with a cavity thereof; and an injection valve ( 202 ), said injection valve ( 202 ) configured to selectively permit fluid communication through said injection head ( 115 ); said apparatus ( 100 ) further comprising at least one compression means ( 303 A, 303 B) mobile relative to said mold ( 121 ) such that said at least one compression means ( 303 A, 303 B) is disposed outside said mold cavity ( 105 ) in a retracted position and projects into said mold cavity ( 105 ) in an extended position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for the fabrication of a container, said apparatus comprising:
a mold, said mold comprising a plurality of mold segments substantially defining a mold cavity in the form of a container, and being further configured to accommodate a substantially tubular preform having a closed first end and defining a preform cavity communicating with a mouth at an open second end;
an injection head, said injection head configured to interface with the m…

Assignees

• Discma Ag

Inventors

• Kannengiesser Damien

Classifications

• B29C49/06

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B29C2049/4892

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B29L2031/7158

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B29C49/4289

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65B3/022

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic