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Apparatus for making precisely partitioned bulbous-shape container

US4070140A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 1974
Grant dateJan 24, 1978
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Expiry dateJul 31, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29K2105/253
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus comprising means for blow molding a preform having a body which is longitudinally partitioned by a bulkhead having the size, shape, and orientation required in a finished, precisely partitioned bulbous-shape container to convert the preform into such a finished bulbous-shape container while constraining the bulkhead from changing size, shape, or orientation during the blow molding operation. An integrated injection-blow molding embodiment is disclosed as well as discrete injection molding and blow molding apparatuses.

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