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Method and apparatus for producing a plastic container having a reclosable fastener

US4306924A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1980
Grant dateDec 22, 1981
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB31B70/8132
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for producing a plastic container having occludable closure strips comprises a source for the closure strips, a rotatable casting cylinder having a pair of spaced apart circumferential grooves defined therein, a mechanism for advancing the closure strips to the casting cylinder, an extruder for casting a plastic film onto the casting cylinder so that it becomes connected to base portions of the closure strips, and a chill roll for receiving the combination of plastic film and closure strips to provide cooling.

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