Patent · US Expired

High profile shrink package

US4958480A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 1, 1989
Grant dateSep 25, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 1, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B11/50
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention involves a method of packaging a product including drawing a thermoplastic thermoformable web into a thermoforming mold to form a cavity, inserting the product into the cavity, moving the web and product to a vacuum chamber, placing a tray, upside down, in the chamber on top of the web to define an unsealed package; sealing the tray to the web under vacuum; and shrinking the bottom web.

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