High-speed apparatus and method for trimming thermoformed articles
US4526074A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 1, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/8737
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A high-speed apparatus and a method for successively trimming a plurality of thermoformed articles from a surrounding continuous web of a thermoformable foam plastic film material. A male locator urges the thermoformed articles molded into the web against a cutter so as to trim the articles from the web, with the articles being retained in a recess within the cutter. Subsequently trimmed articles form a state of nested articles within the recess.
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