ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,122, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Discma AG (Zurich).
"Apparatus for forming and filling a container" was invented by Franck Lhomme (Octeville sur Mer, France) and Pascal Bernier (Octeville sur Mer, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection device for simultaneously forming and filling a container by injecting a pressurized liquid in a preform. The device includes a molding cavity, a pressurized liquid source and an injection nozzle in fluidic communication with the pressurized liquid source. The injection nozzle is arranged to be placed in fluidic communication with a preform in the molding cavity. A liquid injection ...