A molded container of plastic material. The molded container including a neck finish defining an opening into the molded container, a body extending from the neck finish and including a shoulder adjacent the neck finish, a base defining a closed end of the container, and a sidewall extending between the shoulder and the base. Formed on a surface of the container and being defined by the plastic material forming the container are a series of raised dots defining a tactile writing feature.

A blow molding device for blow molding preforms into a predetermined shape. The blow molding device includes a batch-type mold provided with cavities, a heating furnace that heats preforms while the preforms are arranged in series, a transfer machine that simultaneously transfers the preforms as a batch to the cavities of the mold after the preforms are heated and sent out sequentially from the heating furnace, and a pressurized liquid feeder that feeds pressurized liquid to the preforms after the preforms are arranged in all of the cavities of the mold and the mold is closed.

A blow molding device includes a blow molding mold to which a bottomed tubular preform is fitted, a blow nozzle that is fitted to a mouth tubular portion of the preform fitted to the mold, and a pressurized liquid supply unit configured to supply a pressurized liquid to the blow nozzle. The preform is to be molded into a shape conforming to a cavity of the mold by filling the liquid into the preform through the blow nozzle. The blow molding device further includes: a deaeration mechanism that is connected to the blow nozzle. The liquid is filled into the preform through the blow nozzle after air that is present within the preform fitted to the mold is sucked out by the deaeration mechanism.

A system for pre-stretching a preform utilized in forming a container. The system including an oven, a conveyor system configured for transporting preforms through the oven a blow molding station having at least one mold with interior surfaces defining the shape of the container, and a transfer station configured to transfer a preform from the oven into the blow molding station. The system also includes a stretch rod and an actuator. The stretch rod is movable between retracted and extended positions such that, when in the extended position, the stretch rod is positioned interiorly of the preform and the preform is elongated by the stretch rod to form a pre-stretched preform. The stretch rod is located to form the pre-stretched preform prior to the blowing medium being introduced into the preform in the blow molding station.

To regulate, in blow molding device using liquid, such as beverage, cosmetic product, and pharmaceutical product, filled in final product as pressurized liquid, head space in container which is filled with content liquid during molding to be predetermined volume, provided is blow molding device including blow nozzle configured to tightly communicate with mouth tubular portion of preform. In state where rod is disposed to be inserted into blow nozzle and where tip portion of rod is inserted into preform, pressurized liquid is supplied into preform via tubular introduction path formed by blow nozzle and rod, thereby expandingly shaping container in accordance with cavity of metal mold. When container is shaped and supply of pressurized liquid is stopped, rod is disinserted from container, and according to shape and insert position of tip portion of rod, head space of shaped container that is filled with liquid is regulated to be predetermined volume.

A rotary machine includes a main axis, a plurality of first stations and a plurality of second stations. Each first station rotates around the main axis and applies a first process to a container. Each second station rotates around the main axis and applies a second process to a processed container. The machine also includes an internal exit position, at which each first station is located once the first station has completed the first process and that is arranged to release the processed container. At an internal entry position, each second station is arranged to receive the released processed container. At least one transfer arm is adapted to seize a processed container and move the processed container between a first station located at the internal exit position and a second station located at the internal entry position.

A blow molding apparatus is configured to blow mold a preform into a container by supplying a pressurized incompressible fluid into the preform from a pressurized fluid supply unit. The blow molding apparatus includes: a drawing and discharging flow path connected to a drawing orifice; a fluid drawing source to apply drawing force to the drawing and discharging flow path, after blow molding is completed and after and/or while the blow nozzle is moved to a standby position, to draw the incompressible fluid adhering to the blow nozzle; and a pressurized gas supply source to supply a pressurized gas to the drawing and discharging flow path, after blow molding is completed and after a next preform is placed into the mold, to cause the incompressible fluid inside the drawing and discharging flow path to flow out toward the inside of the preform or toward the inside of a container.

A blow molding device, having: a mold; a blow nozzle tightly communicating with a mouth tubular part of a preform when the preform fitted in the mold; and a stretch rod, the blow molding device imparting shape to a container by longitudinally stretching the preform by means of the stretch rod and stretching the preform into an expanded shape by means of a pressurized liquid fed, via the blow nozzle, from a pressurized liquid feeding part separately provided, in which the blow nozzle has a support part for supporting the posture of the stretch rod, and a filling head part communicating with the mouth tubular part of the preform, the filling head part having a feed channel formed therein in the axial direction; and the support part and the filling head part are configured to be detachably coupled to each other in the vertical direction.

An injection device for simultaneously forming and filling a container by injecting a pressurized liquid in a preform. The device includes a molding cavity, a pressurized liquid source and an injection nozzle in fluidic communication with the pressurized liquid source. The injection nozzle is arranged to be placed in fluidic communication with a preform in the molding cavity. A liquid injection circuit is defined by the injection nozzle, the pressurized liquid source and the preform. Also provided is a volume measuring feature for measuring the volume of liquid injected in the preform from the pressurized liquid source and a pressure measuring feature for measuring the pressure in the liquid injection circuit.