ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,168, issued on March 24, was assigned to Molmasa Aplicaciones Tecnicas SL (Montcada i Reixac, Spain).
"Injection-blow-moulding mould and method" was invented by Angel Atance Orden (Barcelona, Spain) and David Carrillo Guerrero (Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The injection-blow-moulding mould comprises: a punch (1) having a blow opening (3) connected to a first conduit (5) which is in communication with a first source of pressurised gas supply (6) configured to supply pressurised gas through the blow opening (3) at an overpressure (OP) above a blowing pressure (BP) suitable to blow a preform (30a) into a ...