The method relates to a method for filling a container (13, 32) with carbonized liquid filling material and for closing the filled container, in which the filling material is introduced in a filling station (10, 30) by a filling head (11, 33) at defined filling pressure into the container (13, 32), wherein the filling head (11, 33) is firstly moved from an idle position, which permits supplying and inserting a container (13, 32) into the filling station (10, 30), into a working position toward the inserted container, in which an end region (16) of the filling head seals off the opening (14) of the container, the container (13, 32) is then filled, the filling head (11, 33) is moved after completion of the filling phase back out of the working position into an idle position spaced apart from the container (13, 32) and the container (13, 32) is then closed in the filling station (10, 30) using a cap (20) at least enough that filling material can no longer escape, and the container (13, 32) is then removed from the filling station (11, 33), characterized in that before the movement of the filling head (11, 33) from the working position into the idle position spaced apart from the container (13), an overpressure lying between the ambient pressure and the filling pressure is set in a pressure chamber (15) of the filling station (10, 30) surrounding the opening (14) of the inserted container (13, 32), which overpressure is selected in such a way that possible foaming up of the filling material located in the container (13, 32) is minimized enough that filling material does not escape from the container (13, 32) when the filling head (11, 33) is raised out of the working position after the filling procedure.

A liquid blow molding apparatus comprises: a mold (4) in which a preform (2) is to be placed; and a nozzle unit (6) having a supply port (9) capable of supplying a liquid from above into the preform (2) placed in the mold (4), wherein the nozzle unit (6) includes a seal body (13) that is movable among a closed position at which supply of the liquid through the supply port (9) is blocked, a first open position at which supply of the liquid through only part of the supply port (9) in a circumferential direction is allowed, and a second open position at which supply of the liquid through the whole supply port (9) in the circumferential direction is allowed.

Methods and systems for simultaneously forming and filling a container from a preform with fluid, adjusting a fill point of the fluid, and removing air and/or foam from within the container. One of the methods includes injecting fluid from a fill source into the preform through a nozzle passage defined between the nozzle and a seal pin of the forming and filling system to simultaneously form the container from the preform and fill the container. After the container is formed and filled, the seal pin is actuated to close the nozzle passage and prevent fluid and air from exiting the container through the nozzle passage, thereby trapping fluid and air within the container under pressure. Air, fluid, and/or foam is extracted out from within the container through a passageway defined within a stretch rod to adjust a fill point of the container.

A liquid blow molding device includes: a supply block including a supply path; a blow nozzle detachably attached to the supply block; a pressurized liquid supply unit configured to supply the pressurized liquid to the blow nozzle; an annular-shaped sealing surface that is provided in a portion of the supply block that is located between an inner circumferential surface defining the supply path and the outlet and that surrounds an entire circumference of the outlet; and a sealing body that is disposed inside the supply path and that is displaceable between a closing position, in which the sealing body abuts against the sealing surface to close the outlet, and an opening position, in which the sealing body is spaced from the sealing surface to open the outlet.

A liquid blow molding method of molding a preform into a liquid-containing container includes: a first nozzle descending step of descending a blow nozzle to a first position at which the blow nozzle does not seal the mouth part; a gas-liquid replacement step of supplying a liquid into the preform from the blow nozzle at the first position and discharging air inside the preform to outside; a second nozzle descending step of descending the blow nozzle to a second position at which the blow nozzle seals the mouth part, after the gas-liquid replacement step; and a blow molding step of supplying the liquid into the preform from the blow nozzle at the second position to blow mold the preform into the predetermined shape.

A liquid container manufacturing method includes: a liquid blow molding step of molding a preform into a liquid container; and a headspace formation step of forming a headspace, by discharging, in a state in which a liquid supply path is closed, a liquid out of the liquid container through a discharge port, the discharge accomplished by drawing-in by a liquid drawing source. In the headspace formation step, a pressurized gas is supplied from a pressurized gas supply source into the liquid container through a gas supply port to thereby assist the discharge, by the drawing-in, of the liquid out of the liquid container through the discharge port, and, when a pressure in a discharge path has increased to a set value, the supply of the pressurized gas by the pressurized gas supply source is stopped.

A liquid blow molding method of molding a synthetic resin preform having a mouth portion into a liquid container of a predetermined shape, the method including: an air-liquid replacement step of exhausting the air inside the preform to the outside while a liquid is supplied into the preform from the mouth portion through a blow nozzle; an air-liquid separation step of separating the air from the liquid inside the preform by rotating the preform about an axial center of the mouth portion; and a blow molding step of molding the preform into a container of a predetermined shape by supplying a pressurized liquid into the preform from the mouth portion through the blow nozzle, after the air-liquid separation step.

A forming station comprising a source of pressurized forming fluid, and an injection device comprising an inlet, in fluidic communication with the source of pressurized forming fluid, and an outlet in fluidic communication with the inlet and through which the forming fluid is intended to be injected in the preform and further comprising a stretch rod movable in translation according to the axis of the stretch rod relative to the outlet and arranged to assist the axial deformation of the preform during a stretching phase. The forming station further comprises a vibratory device connected to the stretch rod, arranged to vibrate the stretch rod when said vibratory device is actuated, and a control device arranged to actuate the vibratory device during at least a part of the stretching phase.

An injection device for injecting a pressurized liquid into a preform and forming a container. The injection device including a piston device having a piston body and a piston head arranged to reciprocate in the piston body and to fluidly isolate an inner chamber of the piston device. The piston body having a recess portion defining a location where the piston head is not in liquid tight contact with the piston body such that liquid can flow from the inner chamber to a part of the piston body on an opposite the inner chamber. The injection device being arranged for driving the piston head in the recess portion in a clean-in-place (CIP) configuration.

A liquid-containing container manufacturing method includes: a liquid blow molding step of, in a state in which a reversal panel formation part forms a convex surface projecting toward inside of a cavity, supplying a pressurized liquid into a preform placed inside a cavity, to mold the preform into a container including a reversal panel; and a headspace formation step of pressing the container by a press part to reverse the reversal panel, and thereafter releasing press by the press part to increase a volume of the container and thereby form a headspace.