ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,577, issued on March 17, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Blow-molding machine with detection of a locking state" was invented by Hans-Juergen Fleischmann (Steinberg am See, Germany) and Thomas Hoellriegl (Teublitz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, including a rotatable carrier on which a plurality of forming stations for forming the plastic preforms into plastic containers are arranged. The forming stations each have application devices for applying a flowable medium to expand the plastic preforms. The forming stations each have blow mold ca...