Patent · US Expired

Method of making plastic containers

US4005164A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 28, 1975
Grant dateJan 25, 1977
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Expiry dateJul 28, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2031/716
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods of and apparatus for making plastic containers with integral rims, utilizing a transfer ring means having an aperture and an annular groove, in which the aperture is closed to define a space for reception of thermoplastic material, which is compressed to form it into a diaphragm with the material filling said groove forming the rim of the diaphragm, the transfer means carrying the diaphragm is positioned on a mold having a cavity corresponding to the shape of the container, the diaphragm is formed into a container in the mold cavity, and the container is removed from the transfer means with the rim of the diaphragm as molded in said groove intact with the container and forming the rim of the container.

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