Apparatus for blow molding glass bottle, and molding method therefor

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for blow-molding a glass bottle, and more particularly, to an apparatus for blow-molding a glass bottle in which molding air is injected into a pair of mold bodies such that molten glass accommodated in the mold bodies is formed into a glass bottle and a groove is formed at the center of the inner side of the bottom surface of the glass bottle. The apparatus for blow-molding a glass bottle of the present invention uses a blow mold (10) configured to include: a pair of mold bodies (11) forming a tubular body; a base mold (12) which molds the bottom surface of the glass bottle; and a blowing head (13) which are arranged in the upper portions of the mold bodies (11) and into which molding air is injected such that the glass bottle is expanded after primary molding and closely contacts the inner walls of the mold bodies (11) and the base mold (12). A groove molder (20) is provided on the inner circumferential edge portion of the blowing head (13) such that a groove portion (15) can be molded on the inner side of the bottom surface of the glass bottle (14).

Claims

1. An apparatus for blow-molding a glass bottle by a blow mold, the apparatus comprising: a pair of mold bodies forming side walls of a lower portion of the blow mold; a base mold forming a bottom wall of the lower portion of the blow mold for molding a bottom of the glass bottle; and a blow head disposed on the mold bodies, the blow head including a guide hole formed in a center portion of the blow head and extending in a vertical direction, a rectilinear acting part disposed inside the guide hole and including a piston rod, wherein the piston rod is configured to reciprocally move in the vertical direction along the guide hole, a punch protrusion formed on an end of the piston rod and configured to mold a groove on the bottom of the glass bottle, an elastic member disposed inside the guide hole with surrounding the piston rod, wherein an end of the elastic member support a lower portion of the rectilinear acting part, and an air passage formed inside the blow head separately from the guide hole, wherein the air passage is disposed outside the guide hole and configured to inject molding air so that a firstly-molded glass bottle is expanded to and comes into close contact with the mold bodies and the base mold.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rectilinear acting part is one selected from a single-acting cylinder or a double-acting cylinder and a cam.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the single-acting cylinder (24) acts as a 3/2 way solenoid valve (24).

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the double-acting cylinder (25) acts as a 5/2 way solenoid valve (25).

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the punch protrusion has a truncated cone shape.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the elastic member is configured to lower the piston rod and return the piston rod to its original position.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the elastic member is formed by a coil spring.

8. A method of blow-molding a glass bottle by a blow mold, the blow mold comprising a pair of mold bodies forming side walls of a lower portion of the blow mold; a base mold forming a bottom wall of the lower portion of the blow mold for molding a bottom of the glass bottle; and a blow head disposed on the mold bodies, the blow head including a guide hole formed in a center portion of the blow head and extending in a vertical direction, a rectilinear acting part disposed inside the guide hole and including a piston rod, wherein the piston rod is configured to reciprocally move in the vertical direction along the guide hole, a punch protrusion formed on an end of the piston rod and configured to mold a groove on the bottom of the glass bottle, an elastic member disposed inside the guide hole with surrounding the piston rod, wherein an end of the elastic member support a lower portion of the rectilinear acting part, and an air passage formed inside the blow head separately from the guide hole, wherein the air passage is disposed outside the guide hole and configured to inject molding air so that a firstly-molded glass bottle is expanded to and comes into close contact with the mold bodies and the base mold, the method comprising: setting a firstly-molded glass bottle in an inner space formed by the pair of mold bodies and the base mold; injecting molding air through the air passage into the inner space so that the first firstly-molded glass bottle comes into contact with walls of the inner space formed by the mold bodies and the base mold so as to be molded into a secondly-molded glass bottle; lowering the piston rod by the rectilinear acting part such that the punch protrusion formed on the end of the piston rod forms a groove portion on the bottom of the secondly-molded glass bottle (14); and returning the piston rod to its original position by the rectilinear acting part or the elastic member.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating an apparatus for blow-molding a glass bottle according to the related art;

(2) FIG. 2 is a sectional view illustrating a glass bottle molded by a process of blow-molding a glass bottle according to the related art;

(3) FIG. 3 is a sectional view illustrating a use state in which a glass bottle molded by a process of blow-molding a glass bottle is applied to a dispersing container according to the related art;

(4) FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a process of blow-molding a glass bottle according to the present invention;

(5) FIG. 5 is a sectional view illustrating an apparatus for blow-molding a glass bottle according to the present invention;

(6) FIGS. 6 to 7 illustrate operations of blow-molding a glass bottle according to the present invention;

(7) FIG. 8 is a sectional view illustrating a glass bottle molded by an apparatus for blow-molding a glass bottle according to the present invention;

(8) FIG. 9 is a sectional view illustrating a state in which a discharge pump is mounted to a glass bottle molded by the present invention;

(9) FIGS. 10A, 10B, and 10C are state diagrams illustrating a single-acting cylinder, a double-acting cylinder, and a cam which are applied to a rectilinear acting part applied to the present invention; and

(10) FIGS. 11A and 11B are state diagrams illustrating a solenoid valve applied to the present invention.

BEST MODE

(11) Mode for Invention

(12) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(13) First, as illustrated in FIG. 4, a method of blow-molding a glass bottle by a blow mold 10 according to the present invention includes: a glass bottle molding preparing step (S1) before secondly molding a base mold 12 disposed at the lower side of a pair of tubular mold bodies 11 and a firstly molded glass bottle 14; a glass bottle molding step (S2) in which a blow head 13 is positioned on the mold bodies 11, and when molding air is injected, the first glass bottle 14 comes into contact with the inner wall of the mold bodies 11 and the base mold 12 so as to be molded into a second glass bottle; a piston rod lowering step (S3) of lowering a piston rod 21 of a groove molder 20 disposed at an inner peripheral portion of the blow head 13; a groove forming step (S4) of forming a groove portion 15 on an inner bottom surface of the glass bottle 14 by lowering the piston rod 21; and a piston rod raising step (S5) of raising and returning the piston rod 21, which has been lowered.

(14) Further, as illustrated in FIG. 5, an apparatus for forming a glass bottle by blow according to the present invention comprises: a pair of tubular mold bodies 11 for gripping a neck portion of the glass bottle 14 and receiving a body of the glass bottle; a base mold 12 formed at the lower side of the mold bodies 11; and a blow head 13 formed at the upper portion of the mold bodies 11 and configured to inject molding air through an air passage 17 such that the glass bottle 14 is expanded to and comes into close contact with the inner wall of the mold bodies 11.

(15) Further, the groove molder 12 is installed at the inner peripheral portion of the blow head 13 such that the groove portion 15 is formed on the inner bottom surface of the glass bottle 14, a rectilinear acting part 23 is formed at the upper portion of the groove molder 20 such that the piston rod 21 at the lower portion can be lowered along a guide hole 22, and the rectilinear acting part 23 may be one selected from a single-acting cylinder 24 or a double-acting cylinder 25, and a cam 26.

(16) Further, an elastic member 27 is formed at the inner peripheral portion of the guide hole 22 such that the piston rod 21 is lowered and then returns to its original position, and the elastic member 27 may be a spring.

(17) Further, a skirt-shaped punch protrusion 21 is formed at an end of the piston rod 21, so that the skirt-shaped groove portion 15 corresponding to the punch protrusion 21 is formed at the center of the inner bottom surface of the glass bottle 14.

(18) Further, as illustrated in FIGS. 10 to 11, a 3/2 way solenoid valve 24 is applied to the single-acting cylinder 24, and a 5/2 way solenoid valve 25 is applied to the double-acting cylinder 25.

(19) An operation of the present invention as configured above will be described below.

(20) First, as illustrated in FIG. 5, a bottle neck of the glass bottle 14 is headed to the upper portion, the pair of mold bodies 11 for gripping the neck portion of the glass bottle and receiving the body of the glass bottle 15 are in close contact with and coupled to each other at the upper portion of the base mold 12, and the blow head 13 is positioned on the mold bodies 11. At this time, the blow head 13 grips the outer peripheral portion of the neck portion of the glass bottle 14.

(21) As described above, the blow head 13 grips the neck portion of the glass bottle 14, and as illustrated in FIG. 6, when molding air is injected through the air passage 17 of the blow head 13, the glass bottle 14 received in the mold bodies 11 comes into contact with the inner wall of the mold bodies 11 and the base mold 12 while being expanded.

(22) Next, as illustrated in FIG. 7, when the groove molder 20 provided inside the blow head 13 is operated, the single-acting cylinder 24 of the rectilinear acting part 23 lowers the piston rod 21 by an operation of 3/2 way solenoid valve 24, the punch protrusion 21 integrally formed with one end of the piston rod 21 molds the groove 15 on the bottom surface inside the glass bottle 14, and the piston rod 21 is raised and then returns to its original position. At this time, the piston rod 21 is raised to two ways. In one way, as illustrated in FIGS. 10A to 11A, when the single-acting cylinder 24 is a 3/2 way solenoid valve 24, the piston rod 21 returns by elasticity of the elastic member 27 in the guide hole 22. In the other way, as illustrated in FIGS. 10B to 11B, when the double-acting cylinder 25 is a 5/2 way solenoid valve 25, the piston rod 21 is raised regardless of the elastic member 27. Herein, detailed operations of the 3/2 way solenoid valve 24 and the 5/2 way solenoid valve 25, which are widely-known practices, will be omitted.

(23) As described above, in the glass bottle 14 in which the groove portion 15 is formed by an operation of the single-acting cylinder 24 or the double-acting cylinder 25, as illustrated in FIG. 8, it can be identified that the groove portion 15 is formed on the bottom surface inside the glass bottle 14.

(24) As described above, when a dispenser such as a discharge pump is used in the glass bottle 14 in which the groove portion 15 is formed on the inner bottom surface of the glass bottle 14, as illustrated in FIG. 9, a discharge tube of the dispenser is positioned on the groove portion 15 and remaining contents in the glass bottle is collected in the groove portion 15 so as to be discharged to the discharge tube.

(25) As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and may be implemented through modification and change without departing from the subject matter of the present invention, and it should be considered that the medication and the change belong to the technical spirit of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

(26) TABLE-US-00001 10: Blow mold 11: Pair of mold bodies 12: Base mold 13: Blow head 14: Glass bottle 16: Groove portion 20: Groove molder 21: Discharge pump 22: Guide hole 23: Rectilinear acting part 24: Single-acting cylinder 25: Double-acting cylinder 26: Cam 27: Elastic member 21: Punch protrusion 24: 3/2 way solenoid valve 25: 5/2 way solenoid valve S1: Glass bottle molding preparing step S2: Glass bottle molding step S3: Piston rod lowering step S4: Groove forming step S5: Piston rod lowering step