Abstract: A base structure having a bearing surface defining a bearing plane and an inner portion spaced apart from the bearing surface in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the bearing plane. The inner portion includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from said first surface, and a step merging said first surface with said second surface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 1, 2004
Publication date:
June 1, 2006
Applicant:
Graham Packaging Co., L.P.
Inventors:
Richard Johnston, Doug Struble, Debra Finnigan
Abstract: The invention provides a base structure of a container. The base structure includes a support heel that defines any number of touch points for contact with a horizontal surface. The support heel includes inner and outer portions that merge with the container's corrugated support flute and sidewall, respectively. The base structure also includes a fin that forms the zipper pinch and extends transverse to and intersects corrugations of the corrugated support flute.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 24, 2003
Date of Patent:
February 21, 2006
Assignee:
Graham Packaging Co., L.P.
Inventors:
Ed Roubal, Roy Krohn, David Kesselman, Larry Taylor
Abstract: A system is provided for use with a container molding machine having a mold wheel, the mold wheel having a plurality of molds for molding the containers, each of the molds having an opening direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the mold wheel. The system has a mold opening controller and a receiving device for receiving the containers dropped from the mold wheel and transferring the containers to a container conveyor. The receiving device has a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the opening direction of the molds and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container when released from the mold. The longitudinal direction of the receiving device is non-horizontal.
Abstract: A system is provided for use with a container molding machine having a mold wheel, the mold wheel having a plurality of molds for molding the containers, each of the molds having an opening direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the mold wheel. The system has a mold opening controller and a receiving device for receiving the containers from the mold wheel and transferring the containers to a container conveyor. The receiving device has a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the opening direction of the molds and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container when released from the mold. The longitudinal direction of the receiving device is non-horizontal.