A method of manufacturing a container by liquid blow molding includes: a liquid blow molding step of supplying a pressurized liquid to inside of a preform placed in a mold, and molding the preform into a container body containing the liquid; a placement step of placing the container body in a cup for containing a bottom part of the container body, at a mold opening position of the mold; and a conveyance step of conveying the cup holding the container body from the mold opening position to a capping position.

A liquid forming and filling system for filling a container with a liquid. The liquid forming and filling system having a motor, a gear box operably coupled to the motor configured to receive a driving output from the motor and outputting a gear box driving force, a linear screw operably coupled to the gear box configured to produce linear movement in response to rotational movement from the gear box, a forming cylinder configured to output pressurized liquid for forming and filling the container, the forming cylinder being in an inverted orientation, a top manifold plate and end cap vent valve assembly coupled to the forming cylinder for receiving the pressurize liquid, and a vent valve operably coupled to the top manifold plate and end cap vent valve assembly configured to vent air entrapped within the pressurized liquid.

A liquid blow-molding method for molding a delamination container from a resin container material. The resin container material includes an outer layer, an inner layer, and an ambient air introduction hole. The delamination container includes an outer layer body and an inner layer body, which is laminated on the inner side of the outer layer body in a manner such that the inner layer body is separatable from the outer layer body. The liquid blow-molding method includes the container molding step of molding the container material into the delamination container by supplying a pressurized liquid into the container material; and the inner layer body separation step of separating the inner layer body from the outer layer body by sucking the liquid out of the delamination container.

A device for reducing the microbiological contaminants of container products made predominantly of plastics materials feeds a plastics granulate to an extruder assembly (19) that melts the granulate. The granulate is subsequently supplied to a form-fill-seal machine for producing a container product. A guide assembly (35) guides the plasticated plastic material from the extruder assembly (19) to the machine. At least one guide assembly (35) has at least one flow or channel guide (41) for the melted plastics material, so that microbiological contaminants are guided predominantly into the interior of the wall of the polymeric tube that interior is enclosed by regions of the plastic material that are less contaminated.

A device for producing and filling containers, in which at least one hose of plasticized plastic material emerging from an extrusion head (2), can be extruded into an opened mold, wherein a filling device (14) can be used to at least introduce the filling material into the relevant container by means of filling mandrels (12), which, at least during operation, extend through the extrusion head (2) along at least one row of passages (40), is characterized in that the extrusion head (2) has a cuboid shell (20, 22) and in that the overall height (H) of the extrusion head (2), viewed in parallel to the orientation of the relevant filling mandrel (12), is smaller than the length (L) of the extrusion head (2), viewed along the pertinent row of passages (40).

A method of forming a container from a plastic preform while using a liquid as a blow medium. During the method, liquid is withdrawn from the container to reduce pressure within the container prior to disengaging of the injection head from the container. In one aspect the method involves the opening of a recirculation valve to reduce the pressure. The opening of the recirculation valve allowing air dispersed within the liquid to rise to the top of the container before disengaging of a forming head from the container. As a result, splashing and spillage of liquid from the neck of the container is eliminated when the forming head disengages from the container.

An injection device having at least one flexible diaphragm. The injection device for forming a preform into a container and filling the container, and further including a main housing having an inlet, an outlet and an injection chamber, a closing body movable relative to the outlet between a closed position and an opened position, a closing diaphragm attached at least to the closing body, the injection chamber being delimited at least by an inner surface of the closing diaphragm, the closing diaphragm having an outer surface defining an outside area, a bearing surface against which a supported portion of the outer surface of the closing diaphragm is applied. The closing diaphragm further includes a free portion forming with the supported portion the whole outer surface of the closing diaphragm. The bearing surface is arranged such that the surface of the free portion decreases when the closing body moves from the closed position to the opened position.

A method for simultaneously forming and filling a container by injecting a pressurized liquid in a preform. The method includes placing the preform in a mold and injecting the pressurized liquid into the preform such that the liquid expands the preform and urges the wall of the preform against the wall of the molding cavity forming the preform into a container and the container is filled with liquid. A swirl imparting element extends in the injection flow and imparts a swirl flow on the pressurized liquid such that the pressurized liquid applies a centrifugal force on the wall of the preform during forming and filling of the preform, thereby promoting a radial expansion of the preform in radial planes substantially perpendicular to the preform axis.

An injection head for the fabrication of a container from a preform. The injection head interfaces with a preform to establish fluid communication between a liquid supply and the preform. An injection valve is disposed within the injection head and is configured to selectively permit fluid communication through the injection head. A liquid supply control mechanism and a control mechanism of the injection valve's opening allow fluid communication through the injection head. The control mechanism of the injection valve's opening is activated by the liquid under pressure in the injection head cavity when the liquid supply is opened.

An apparatus and method of delivering a predetermined volume of a liquid product, defined as the liquid end product, formed by addition of a first and second liquid product, into a thermoplastic container formed from a heated preform positioned in a mold and having an opening opposite an injection head. Prior to injecting the second liquid product into the preform causing expansion of the container, the preform is at least partially, filled with the first liquid product.