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Method for trimming the neck of blow molded plastic bottles

US5791217A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateMar 31, 1997
Grant dateAug 11, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/9416
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for trimming an inner ring from the neck flange of a blow-molded plastic bottle by extending a reverse punch into the bottle through the flange opening, elastically bending the flange into the interior of the bottle as the punch passes and withdrawing the reverse punch from the bottle and trimming a ring from the flange.

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