Manufacture of hollow plastic articles

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTORE FO HOLLOW ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS BY BLOWING, USING A SECTIONAL MOLD, BLOW PIPE MEANS, AND MEANS FOR TEARING OFF FLASHING, COMPRISING INTRODUCING AT LEAST A SINGLE PREFORM OF THE PLASTIC MATERIAL USED, IN CONDITION OF PLASTICITY, INTO THE OPEN SPACE BETWEEN THE SECTIONS OF SAID MOLD, CLOSING SAID MOLD ABOUT AT LEAST A SINGLE SEGMENT OF SAID PREFORM, THE CLOSED MOLD HAVING AT LEAST A SINGLE COMPOSITE CAVITY CONFORMING IN SHAPE TO THE ARTICLE TO BE PRODUCED, ADMITTING A FLUID PRESSURE MEDIUM TO THE MOLD-ENCLOSED SEGMENT THROUGH SAID BLOW PIPE MEANS, THUS EXPANDING SAID SEGMENT INTO MOLDING CONTACT WITH THE WALL DEFINING SAID MOLD CAVITY, AND FORMING A BLOWN ARTICLE HAVING FLASHING ADHERING THERETO AND BEING SUPPORTED BY SAID BLOW PIPE MEANS, OPENING SAID MOLD, WITHDRAWING FROM SAID MOLD SAID BLOW PIPE MEANS WITH SAID BLOWN ARTICLE THEREON, POSITIONING STID BLOWN ARTICLE AND SAID FLASHINGTEARING MEANS TO BE RELATIVELY MOVABLE ALONG A STRAIGHT PATH, GRASPING THE FLASHING IN THE FLASHING-TEARING MEANS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BLOW MOLDED ARTICLE, AND EFFECTING A RELATIVE STRAIGHT MOVEMENT OF SAID BLOWN ARTICLE AND SAID FLASHING-TEARING MEANS, THEREBY CAUSING SAID FLASHING-TEARING MENAS TO TEAR SAID FLASHING FROM SAID BLOWN ARTICLE.