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US 12,434,424 · App. 18/594,632 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Mold for blow molding, method for manufacturing resin container using same, and resin container

Inventor: Masayuki Usami (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
B29C49/48B29C49/12B29C49/14B65D1/023B65D1/0261B29C2049/4861B29C2049/4881B29C2049/4889B29L2031/7158
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Patent No.
US 12,434,424
App. No.
18/594,632
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blow molding mold in which a holding mechanism is independently provided to a bottom mold and is configured to be capable of gripping a protruding portion provided to a bottom portion of a preform independently of a gate portion, and a rotation mechanism is configured to be capable of rotating the bottom mold, relative to a neck portion of the preform which is in a stationary state held by neck molds, in a state where the protruding portion is gripped by the holding mechanism.

Claims (25)

1. A container made of resin, the container comprising:

a neck portion having an opening;

a body portion continuous to the neck portion and defining a sidewall part; and

a bottom portion continuous to the body portion,

wherein an inclination angle between an axis passing through a center of the opening and orthogonal to an opening surface formed by the opening and an axis extending in a vertical direction of the container is equal to or larger than 50° and equal to or smaller than 80°,

wherein when a direction extending in a horizontal diametrical direction of the opening is referred to as a width direction of the container and a horizontal direction orthogonal to the width direction is referred to as a depth direction of the container, a length in the width direction and a length in the depth direction of a horizontal section of the body portion are different from each other,

wherein the bottom portion includes a projecting portion projecting outward from an outer surface of the bottom portion,

wherein the projecting portion includes a gate portion formed at a tip end of the projecting portion and a protruding portion formed at a position closer to the bottom portion than the gate portion, and

wherein the protruding portion has a flat shape.

2. The container according to claim 1 ,

wherein the body portion includes an upper body portion having an inclined surface portion inclined along a direction orthogonal to an axis orthogonal to the opening surface formed by the opening and a lower body portion connected to the upper body portion and extending in the vertical direction,

wherein horizontal sections of the upper body portion and the lower body portion have polygonal shapes, and

wherein a number of corners of the polygonal shape of the horizontal section of the upper body portion is smaller than a number of corners of the polygonal shape of the horizontal section of the lower body portion.

3. The container according to claim 1 ,

wherein the body portion includes an upper body portion having an inclined surface portion inclined along a direction orthogonal to an axis orthogonal to the opening surface formed by the opening and a lower body portion connected to the upper body portion and extending in the vertical direction,

wherein horizontal sections of the upper body portion and the lower body portion have polygonal shapes, and

wherein a number of corners of the polygonal shape of the horizontal section of the upper body portion is smaller than a number of corners of the polygonal shape of the horizontal section of the lower body portion.

4. The container according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flat shape is configured such that a width of the protruding portion is larger than a width of the gate portion in a first direction, and a width of the protruding portion is equal to a width of the gate portion in a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction.

5. A blow molding method comprising:

gripping a protruding portion, which is provided to a bottom portion of a preform accommodated in a blow molding mold independently of a gate portion, by a holding mechanism independently provided to a bottom mold of the blow molding mold, in a state where split molds of the blow molding mold are opened;

bending the preform by rotating the bottom mold which is gripping the protruding portion relative to a neck portion of the preform which is in a stationary state held by a neck mold; and

closing the split molds and stretching the preform by a pressurizing medium so as to obtain the container according to claim 1 .

6. The blow molding method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

stretching the bottom portion of the preform toward the bottom mold by a stretch rod before the gripping of the protruding portion by the holding mechanism.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2024
From: USAMI, MASAYUKI
To: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066649/0225 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-134579 · Jul 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17260720
Related Publication 20240286338A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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