Apparatus for the manufacture of a cup-like article from polyethylene terephthalate or similar material
US4511322A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 1983 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S425/048
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for the manufacture of articles from a thermoplastic of polyester or polyamide type, preferably of polyethylene terephthalate, the element consisting of an edge part which surrounds a body in an arrangement in which the latter is sunk relative to the edge part. The element is formed from a blank of mainly amorphous material or from a material having a crystallinity of less than 10%. The blank consists, for example, of a flat plate, a blank shell or the like. The body or parts thereof are shaped by stretching the blank until that material flows which is located within the material sections of the blank, which form the edge part in the element, the material stretched up to flowing in the body assuming a crystallinity of between 10% and 25%, while the crystallinity in the material in the edge part and in the unstretched parts retains its original value of less than 10%. At least the body of the element is expanded against warm mould walls until the final shape of the particular article is obtained. Optionally, the expansion is preceded by a number of drawing steps with an axial elongation of the body coupled with a simultaneous reduction in its dimensions at right angles the…
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