To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container formed with a clearly transparent window portion in longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture of colored resin to window portion. Injection molding apparatus includes in nozzle portion a longitudinal groove flow path, wherein a transparent B resin flows. By, for example, reducing and increasing, respectively, the width and depth of the longitudinal groove flow path on the downstream side, and engraving slits in an inner mandrel and even in a front end portion of a stopper pin, flowability of the B resin in a horizontal direction is enhanced.

A molded article suitable for subsequent blow-molding into a final-shaped container. The article includes a neck portion; a gate portion; and a body portion extending between the neck portion and the gate portion, at least a majority of the body portion having an overall shape which is symmetric about a body axis extending longitudinally through a center of the body portion. The body portion includes an inner exterior layer and an outer exterior layer of a first polymeric material; and a core layer of a second polymeric material disposed between the inner exterior layer and the outer exterior layer. A radial thickness or a material of the core layer is selectively varied to govern non-uniform blow molding of the molded article into the final-shaped container.

A vertical additive processing system for use with a blow molding machine having a flow head from which a plastic parison is delivered to a mold and producing an article. The system has a servo-controlled accumulation technology (SCAT) unit including (a) an accumulator collecting plastic material when retracted and delivering plastic material when extended, and (b) an actuator directing the accumulator to retract and extend. The system further has a tooling unit including a bushing body adapted to engage the flow head, a distribution ring, a bushing cap, a central aperture defining a main parison flow path, and a distribution channel delivering additional plastic material received from the accumulator to the main parison flow path. The system still further has a material duct connecting the two units through which plastic material delivered by the SCAT unit is transported to and received by the tooling unit.

To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container formed with a clearly transparent window portion in longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture of colored resin to window portion. Injection molding apparatus includes in nozzle portion a longitudinal groove flow path, wherein a transparent B resin flows. By, for example, reducing and increasing, respectively, the width and depth of the longitudinal groove flow path on the downstream side, and engraving slits in an inner mandrel and even in a front end portion of a stopper pin, flowability of the B resin in a horizontal direction is enhanced.

To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container that is formed with a clearly transparent window portion in a longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture and cut-in of a colored resin to the window portion. In a predetermined range extending from an upstream end to a predetermined downstream position of a flow path including a cylindrical flow path and a reduced-diameter flow path formed in a nozzle portion, a pair of guiding ribs in the form of longitudinal ridges is arranged in line to partition the flow path in a circumferential direction, and a longitudinal groove flow path is formed between the pair of guiding ribs. A molten B resin is supplied to the longitudinal groove flow path, and a molten A resin is supplied to the cylindrical flow path excluding the longitudinal groove flow path. Thus, the longitudinal strip-shaped flow path of the B resin interrupts the cylindrical flow path of the A resin in the circumferential direction.

An injection molded test-tube-shaped preform, which is subjected to biaxial stretch blow molding, includes a circumferential wall including a longitudinal strip-shaped portion that is made of a transparent or a semi-transparent B resin and that is formed in a longitudinal strip shape penetrating the circumferential wall in a circumferentially predetermined position in the circumferential wall over a predetermined height range. A remaining portion of the circumferential wall excluding the longitudinal strip-shaped portion is made of an A resin that is obtained by coloring a synthetic resin. A portion of the B resin constituting the longitudinal strip-shaped portion flows around an opposite side to the circumferentially predetermined position in which the longitudinal strip-shaped portion is formed, to be laminated in the vicinity of a portion of the circumferential wall made of the A resin that is close to an inner circumferential surface of the circumferential wall.

An injection molding device including a middle flow channel which forms an intermediate layer of a preform which is subject to biaxial stretch blow molding. The middle flow channel s segmented into a predetermined number of flow sub-channels by vertical blocking rib piece(s). Side wall's upstream portions of the vertical blocking rib piece are formed as angled surfaces whose distance from each other decreases from the downstream side to the upstream side, and/or, an end portion of the vertical blocking rib piece that is located on the downstream side is tucked in at least one of the inner flow channel and the outer flow channel.

To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container formed with a clearly transparent window portion in longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture of colored resin to window portion. Injection molding apparatus includes in nozzle portion a longitudinal groove flow path, wherein a transparent B resin flows. By, for example, reducing and increasing, respectively, the width and depth of the longitudinal groove flow path on the downstream side, and engraving slits in an inner mandrel and even in a front end portion of a stopper pin, flowability of the B resin in a horizontal direction is enhanced.

A biaxially stretch blow molded container is formed with a clearly transparent window portion in a longitudinal strip shape by preventing mixture and cut-in of a colored resin to the window portion. In a predetermined range extending from an upstream end to a downstream position of a flow path including a cylindrical flow path and a reduced-diameter flow path formed in a nozzle portion, a pair of guiding ribs in the form of longitudinal ridges is linearly arranged partitioning the flow path in a circumferential direction, and a longitudinal groove flow path is formed between the guiding ribs. A molten B resin is supplied to the longitudinal groove flow path, and a molten A resin is supplied to the cylindrical flow path excluding the longitudinal groove flow path. The longitudinal strip-shaped flow path of the B resin interrupts the cylindrical flow path of the A resin in the circumferential direction.

To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container that is formed with a clearly transparent window portion in a longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture and cut-in of a colored resin to the window portion. In a predetermined range extending from an upstream end to a predetermined downstream position of a flow path including a cylindrical flow path and a reduced-diameter flow path formed in a nozzle portion, a pair of guiding ribs in the form of longitudinal ridges is arranged in line to partition the flow path in a circumferential direction, and a longitudinal groove flow path is formed between the pair of guiding ribs. A molten B resin is supplied to the longitudinal groove flow path, and a molten A resin is supplied to the cylindrical flow path excluding the longitudinal groove flow path. Thus, the longitudinal strip-shaped flow path of the B resin interrupts the cylindrical flow path of the A resin in the circumferential direction.