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Method for making a multi-layer plastic container with a handle

US5087406A · kind A · utility

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5References
3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1990
Grant dateFeb 11, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 5, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D23/10
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The method and apparatus for making a multi-layer plastic container with an integral handle for holding liquids and the like by enclosing a hollow parison of molten plastic which is at a blow molding temperature, pinching a portion of the hollow parison as the mold clses to form a hollow moil portion and neck portion, simultaneously pinching a portion of the hollow parison to form a hollow handle portion while leaving a portion of the parison to provide a passage from the moil poriton to the handle portion and the expanding the parison by supplying gaseous pressure to the moil portion and from the moil portion to form the container from the moil portion through the passage to form the handle.

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