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Process and apparatus for reclosable container stock

US4859259A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 23, 1983
Grant dateAug 22, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2003

Classification

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

Abstract

A process and apparatus for producing a reclosable container stock with adhered occludable closure strip portions, said apparatus comprising a rotatable lay-on roll having circumferential grooves therein, means to advance the closure strip portions to the lay-on roll, a rotatable casting cylinder positioned opposite the lay-on roll, means for extruding a molten plastic film onto the casting cylinder so that the film adheres to the closure strip portions, and means for cooling the resulting reclosable container stock with adhered closure strip portions.

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