Process for producing stretch blow-molded bottle with a handle

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A process for producing a stretch blow-molded bottle with a handle, by the steps of (a) stretching an injectionmolded or blow-molded preform formed of a thermoplastic resin within a blow-mold by axial stretching with a stretch pin and transverse stretch with blown air at a temperature at least equal to the glass transition point of the resin but below its molding temperature; (b) pressing and holding an area of the stretched preform between a pair of opposed movable projecting members provided within the blow mold after the preform is expanded to substantially fill the inner volume of the blow mold and before the preform is cooled to a temperature below the glass transition point; and (c) …