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Method and an istallation for manufacturing thermoplastic receptacles, in particular bottles

US5785921A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 1996
Grant dateJul 28, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S264/906
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to manufacturing a receptacle (23) suitable for being subsequently subjected to severe temperature conditions without deforming significantly, in which an intermediate receptacle (2) is molded by blowing or by stretching-blowing a preform (1) whose body is heated to at least the softening temperature of the thermoplastic material, which intermediate receptacle possesses dimensions greater than those of the final receptacle (23) and from which a blank is produced having a hot-shrunk body of predetermined length greater than that of the body of the final receptacle (23) and from which the body of the final receptacle is molded or blow-molded with the exception of its bottom zone, the length of the receptacle having an unmolded bottom zone being substantially the same as the length of the final receptacle (23), and finally the body and its bottom zone are blow-molded to take up their final shapes and dimensions in order to obtain the final receptacle (23).

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