Abstract: The method involves making a hollow blow molded thermoplastic article having an integral handle. An unblown preform of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is inserted into a blow mold and thereafter stretched by a stretch rod. Blow gas is then injected into the interior of the preform when the blow mold is closed and the preform is at a stretch temperature. After the preform is blown into the shape of the bottle in the mold, blow gas is discharged from the stretch rod onto an interior wall surface where the handle is to be formed. Heated movable mold segments are then advanced within the blow mold from a first retracted position to a second position thereby compressing an interior wall surface of the article into contact with a facing interior wall surface of the bottle to bond the surfaces at an elevated temperature and form an integral handle extending from the exterior wall of the blow molded article.

Abstract: A method of preparing a molded article comprising (a) a rigid support, e.g., a rigid seat support (10), having a plurality of perforations, and (b) a molded flexible hollow thermoplastic member (20), e.g., a flexible thermoplastic seat cushion, fixedly attached thereto is described. During the blow molding step a portion of the thermoplastic parison precursor of the flexible hollow member (b) extends through at least some of the perforations of the rigid support (a), embedding the edges of the perforations therein. The flexible material extending through the perforations forms an attachment means, e.g., an attachment head, that serves to fixedly attach the flexible hollow member (b) to the rigid support (a).

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for blowing containers, in particular bottles, from a preform (1) with a gas and recuperating said gas, comprising at least means for supplying the device with gas at a first pressure and at a second pressure, drawings means and container forming means (2). It comprises means for recuperating said gas (6, 7) until a predetermined expansion pressure is reached in the container, means for controlling said recuperating means and adjusting means for adjusting the operating conditions of said control means.

Abstract: A method for producing a bottle-shaped container that is highly thermally resistant and shows an excellent shaping/shape-keeping property in a short period of time is provided.

Abstract: Blow-molding molds 10 and 20 having parison shutters 31 and 32 for preventing an inflation of the parison 3 toward the outside of the molds 10 and 20 are used in a blow-molding method of the present invention. In other words, a closed space for preventing the parison 3 from inflating out of the molds 10 and 20 are formed by the parison shutters 31 and 32 and a predetermined air is secured in the parison 3 in a frame clamping step (B). In the subsequent mold clamping step (C), the pressure inside the parison 3 starts to be increased when the molds 10 and 20 press the parison 3, so that the parison 3 can be continuously in contact with the die design surface 11. Accordingly, since the parison 3 can be uniformly contracted by cooling, molding failure such as streaks and uneven pattern transfer can be avoided, thus obtaining a blow-molded product having good appearance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for blow forming a container (1) from a parison (2) made of plastic. After heating, said container is preformed by a gas injected into the container (1, 2) at a low pressure of 5 bar and by expanding the inner volume of said container. The final shape of the container can then be achieved by igniting an inflammable gas injected into the container, whereby the combustion generates a higher blowing pressure, or by injecting an additional gas with a higher blowing pressure of approximately 40 bar into the container after pre-blowing. The invention aims at improving known blow forming methods in such a way that a barrier layer impervious to gases, aromatic substances or the like is produced on the inner side of the container without having to use big machines. To this end, a precursor gas is added to and mixed with the inflammable gas, the mixture is then ignited and a coating is formed on the inner surface of the container by the combustion.

Abstract: The invention provides a blow molding and a method for producing it. The blow molding is lightweight; its strength and rigidity per the unit weight thereof are high; and its heat resistance, sound absorption, heat insulation and sound insulation are all good. The blow molding is produced inexpensively, and is useful for the parts of inlet systems for internal-combustion engines, etc. The blow-molding method is for fiber-containing thermoplastic resins, and comprises holding a parison made of an inorganic fiber-containing, melt-expandable thermoplastic resin, between a pair of facing splits of a mold, blowing the parison to shape it, and thereafter optionally reducing the gaseous pressure inside it to thereby expand the wall of the shaped article. The blow molding is made of a thermoplastic resin, and it contains from 15 to 70% by weight of inorganic fibers having a mean fiber length of from 1 to 20 mm, and has a porosity of from 10 to 90%.

Abstract: The method involves making a hollow blow molded thermoplastic article having an integral handle. An unblown preform of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is inserted into a blow mold and thereafter stretched by a stretch rod. Blow gas is then injected into the interior of the preform when the blow mold is closed and the preform is at a stretch temperature. After the preform is blown into the shape of the bottle in the mold, blow gas is discharged from the stretch rod onto an interior wall surface where the handle is to be formed. Movable mold segments are then advanced within the blow mold from a first retracted position to a second position thereby compressing an interior wall surface of the article into contact with a facing interior wall surface of the bottle to bond the surfaces at an elevated temperature and form an integral handle extending from the exterior wall of the blow molded article.

Abstract: A preform (20) for a plastics container (2) having a substantially rectangular body portion with a substantially rectangular neck (4) thereto, the preform (20) being characterised by four upstanding sidewalls defining a substantially rectangular neck portion (24) thereto, and a base portion (22) of substantially rectangular transverse sections, the base portion (22) comprising four sections (26, 28, 30, 32) each extending from the lower end of an associated sidewall and tapering in both width and thickness toward the centre of the base portion (22), one section (26, 28, 30, 32) to form each wall (6, 8, 10, 12) of the container (2), the base portion (22) further comprising a central section (34) into which the tapering sections (26, 28, 30, 32) merge, said central section to form part at least of base of the resilient container (2).

Abstract: A forced exhaust pipe is connected to an exhaust pipe connected with a cross head so that a negative pressure may be formed within an air passage so as to effect rapid control of air pressure (amount) within a parison, thereby stabilizing the air pressure within the parison. A parison stabilizing method and a system therefor for use in a hollow formation molding machine, according to the present invention, are so formed that a forced air-discharge is carried out through an exhaust pipe connected with the air passage formed within the cross head, so that a negative pressure is formed within the air passage. In this way, the above-mentioned system can effect quick control of an air pressure (amount) within the prison during a pre-blowing treatment, shorten a time period necessary for determining molding conditions, without having to increase the inner diameter of the air passage.

Abstract: A resizable inflatable balloon, primarily for use with balloon catheters. The resizable inflatable balloon comprises a first portion and an adjacent second portion. The first portion is inflatable to a working diameter at a first pressure while the second portion does not substantially expand at the first pressure. The second portion does expand to the working diameter at a second pressure greater than the first pressure, so that subsequent inflation at the first pressure inflates the first portion and the second portion to the working diameter. The methods of resizing the inflatable members include placing the inflatable balloon in a mold and supplying inflation fluid to expand the second member to the working diameter. In practice, a catheter having the resizable inflatable balloon is guided through a patient's vasculature until the inflatable balloon is positioned in a desired region. Inflation fluid is supplied at the first pressure to inflate the first portion to the working diameter.

Abstract: The method involves making a hollow blow molded thermoplastic article having an integral handle. An unblown preform of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is inserted into a blow mold and thereafter stretched by a stretch rod. Blow gas is then injected into the interior of the preform when the blow mold is closed and the preform is at a stretch temperature. After the preform is blown into the shape of the bottle in the mold, blow gas is discharged from the stretch rod onto an interior wall surface where the handle is to be formed. Movable mold segments are then advanced within the blow mold from a first retracted position to a second position thereby compressing an interior wall surface of the article into contact with a facing interior wall surface of the bottle to bond the surfaces at an elevated temperature and form an integral handle extending from the exterior wall of the blow molded article.

Abstract: A method of making a polyester container having an enhanced level of crystallinity in the sidewall while maintaining a low level of crystallinity in a thickened base portion. The container is particularly useful as a refillable container which can withstand higher caustic wash temperatures and exhibits reduced flavor carryover, or as a hot-fill container. According to the method, a sidewall-forming section of a preform is initially expanded, heated to contract and crystallize the same, and than reexpanded; a base-forming portion of the preform is shielded from the heat treatment and is expanded either before or after the heat treatment step.

Abstract: The invention provides blow molding methods and systems for polymer processing. The methods involve blow molding a parison of polymeric material using a variable blow pressure. The pressure is varied to produce high quality blow molded articles which may be formed of solid polymer or polymeric foam including microcellular material. In particular, foam articles can be produced at relatively low densities and/or with good definition. The blow molding systems and methods may be used to produce a variety of different types of articles including bottles, containers, cases, automotive parts, toys and panels.

Abstract: A machine and method for blow molding a polyester bottle for carbonated beverages with an internal web structure positioned between two hand-grip depressions. The machine and method uses an injection-molded preform having a web feature and maintains the web of the preform in a precise position during heat-treatment and eventual blow molding into the bottle. Heat-treatment involves an oven capable of heating and cooling selected regions of the preform by using a combination of shields, heat energy reflective surfaces, and cooling airflows. Bottle blow molding involves precise placement of the preform relative to hand-grip surfaces in a blow mold cavity and cooling airflow of the internal web structure before bottle removal.

Abstract: A parison handling device has a pair of opposed arms with each arm having at least a pair of grippers to selectively engage an extruded parison and transfer it to a second location such as to a mold of a blow molding machine. At least one gripper on each arm is both slidably and generally pivotally movable relative to the arm to facilitate initially engaging and gripping the parison and subsequent closing and stretching of a gripped end of the parison to more efficiently distribute the material of the parison such that after blow molding of the parison, the molded product has a substantially uniform wall thickness throughout. Preferably, a follower attached to each movable gripper is responsive to a profile or contour of a cam carried by each arm to guide the movement of the gripper corresponding to the profile of the cam.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method whereby in an installation (1, 2, 3) for making containers (200, 300) by blowing blanks (400), for example thermoplastic preforms, the high pressure fluid derived from degassing a container is re-used and injected (14) into a container previously degassed, for example for cooling it or for thoroughly spraying the inside thereof to solidify the material.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing an explainable element for use as a support body of a piece of furniture or a part thereof, a mattress, a cushion or the like. The element was a thin wall of a soft, flexible polymeric material, by blow moulding in an essentially closed form. During the blow-moulding process at least one portion of the wall of the element is pressed inwardly to a position where it is brought to permanently adhere to another portion of the wall of the element or another portion of the wall which is pressed inwardly.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a container. The method includes the steps of providing main body dies, passive dies, active dies and a supporting column, followed by providing a semi-solidified flexible material in a considerably solvent state in the form of a tubular blank that is positioned and squeezed on the supporting column. The dies are opened and closed so that the active dies will squeeze the blank against the supporting column. Air is blown into the blank to enable the blank to adhere onto a cavity-shaped wall that is surrounded by the main body dies, the passive dies and the active dies. Air blown into the blank is released and the active dies initiate a first movement upwardly in synchronization with the supporting column. The active dies link-up with the passive dies to conduct a second movement upwardly to enable the active dies to drive the blank to deform.

Abstract: A method to blow mold a crystallizable polymer container having an interior surface, comprising using a heated blowing fluid in conjunction with a single cool blow mold cavity to produce a container having a crystallized interior surface or in conjunction with hot blow mold cavity to produce a container having crystalized interior and exterior surfaces; and two stage blow molding using two separate blow molds used sequentially also contemplated to produce similar results.

Abstract: A method for forming a balloon for a dilation catheter is provided herein. The method includes the steps of: (i) positioning a tube in a preconditioned mold; (ii) expanding the tube in a preconditioned mold to form a parison; (iii) positioning the parison in a balloon mold; and (iv) expanding the parison within the balloon mold to form the balloon. Thus, the tube is initially expanded into a parison in the preconditioned mold. Subsequently, the parison is expanded into a balloon in the balloon mold. Because of this unique manufacturing process, polyester block copolymers can be formed into balloons. Some of these polyester block copolymers could not be formed into a balloon using prior art blow molding processes. The resulting balloon exhibits superior characteristics, including relatively thin and consistent walls, soft texture, low uninflated crossing profile, expansion in a predictable fashion, and good tensile strength.

Abstract: The process and device are intended for controlling the molding of a container during the manufacture of containers from a thermoplastic material. At least two previously injection-molded preforms are temperature-treated and delivered in succession to at least one blow station for blow molding of the preforms into containers. In order to compensate for nonuniform temperature distribution in the material of the preforms relative to one another, at least one blow parameter during molding of the preforms into containers is specified in a fashion that differs from one to the next. The differing specification is made in such a manner as to compensate for the nonuniform temperature distribution so that containers with approximately identical spatial distribution of wall material, orientation properties, and crystallization characteristics exist when the blow-molding process is finished.

Abstract: A wide-mouth, hot-fill plastic container having pinch-grips and a high push-up base and method for forming the same. According to the method, a preform is positioned in a mold cavity defined in part by surfaces which deviate substantially inward to form pinch-grips in the resulting container. Initially, a mold base is located so that it defines an initial mold cavity whose length is greater than the final length of the container. The preform is axially stretched in the cavity to a length greater than the containers final length. After stretching the preform, the preform is generally expanded radially outward under low pressure. The mold bottom is then moved to a position where the length of the cavity is about the same as the final length of the container. The preform is further expanded under high pressure such that it contacts the molding halves thereby forming the finished container.

Abstract: Multilayer laminates including films, sheets, preforms, containers and other articles having at least one wholly aromatic, amorphous, stretchable liquid crystalline polymer layer with at least one non-liquid crystalline thermoplastic polyester layer are provided as well as methods for producing and stretching the multilayer articles. The laminates are suitable for thermoforming and stretch blow molding applications and may be stretched to at least 100 percent elongation at temperatures below 200° C. and at high total draw ratios without fractures or tears. Containers suitable for food or beverage products may be produced from the laminates.

Abstract: The process serves the purpose of producing containers. A heated pre-form made of a thermoplastic material is stretched and inflated with the aid of a gas under pressure for purposes of molding the container. The inflating process is divided into a preliminary blowing period with a gas under a lower level of pressure and into a subsequent primary blowing period with a gas under a higher pressure level. The ratio of the container diameter to the inner diameter is selected to be greater than 4.0. The pre-form has a median wall thickness of greater than 3 millimeters and at least at the beginning of the preliminary blowing phase is provided with a material temperature greater than 70 degrees Celsius. The pre-form at least at the beginning of the preliminary blowing phase in the area to be oriented is provided in the area of its upper surface with a temperature which is at a maximum equal to a medium temperature of the inner surface of the pre-form in the area to be oriented.

Abstract: A method for forming a balloon for a dilatation catheter involving the steps of extruding a segment of thermoplastic material, maintaining the center portion at a temperature below the glass transition of the thermoplastic material, drawing the segment to a predetermined length, wherein after the drawing the wall thickness of the center portion does not appreciably change, and expanding the segment in a mold to produce the balloon.

Abstract: A container such as a bottle or the like consisting of a biaxially oriented thermoplastic material and capable of withstanding a relatively harsh use environment without noticeably losing its shape. Said container has an inwardly curved base (2) with an inwardly projecting convex portion as in a champagne bottle bottom, and a substantially greater thickness than the side wall (3) of the container. Said base (2) includes an outwardly-facing non-convex central portion (4).

Abstract: A method and a device for manufacturing secondary mold elements such as necks, protrusions, raised elongate flat locations and the like on elongate, circumferentially closed hollow shapes by means of internal-high-pressure shaping. The secondary mold element is shaped locally by widening of the hollow shape using a high-pressure fluid therein, and is supported under control during the shaping process by a counter plunger that expands outward with increasing shaping. In order to expand the method limits during the manufacture of a secondary mold element for an increase in its height in a safe and simple manner, the hollow section is upset inward by the counter plunger at the point where the secondary mold element is to be produced, whereupon the hollow shape material in the vicinity of the inward upsetting point is pressed circumferentially and endwise by the high-pressure fluid and the plunger.

Abstract: A molded article includes a hollow molded body formed of a base material and a heat insulating sheet member laminated to an outer surface of the hollow molded body. The base material is a blended material which contains about 50% by weight to about 90% by weight of a thermoplastic resin and about 10% by weight to about 50% by weight of an inorganic material, and has a flexural rigidity of at least about 1,350 MPa at 23.degree. C. and a flexural rigidity of at least about 550 MPa at 60.degree. C.

Abstract: A preform adapted for being subjected to blow molding into a container is provided. The preform has a bottom (4), and a tubular wall (1) extending upwardly from the bottom (4) in an elongated manner. The part of the wall (1) opposite bottom (4) forms a pouring spout (20) with a profiled neck (3) encompassing a pouring opening. The pouring spout (20) is integral with the tubular wall (1). The spout (20) has a symmetrically rotational configuration, the neck (3) being provided with an externally extending annular projection (24) forming a first pouring no-drip rib at the opening. The rib includes a downwardly extending pouring surface which extends outwardly from the wall (1). The external profile of the neck (3) is provided with at least one further annular projection (21, 22) forming at least one second no-drip rib (21, 22). The first pouring no-drip rib and the at least second no-drip rib (21, 22) delimitate an annular recess (28) therebetween.

Abstract: The apparatus has means (10, 11) for placing a parison (12) between two portions of a blow mold (14, 16). The parison (12) is put on the head of a blowpipe (32) placed between the two mold portions. On closing the mold, the top end of the parison is pinched in a top region of the mold and the bottom end of the parison is clamped against the blowpipe (32). A pre-blow step is performed on the parison to obtain an envelope which is then turned over by moving the blowpipe (32) upwards together with a turnover piston (34, 36), prior to performing a final blow step.

Abstract: A fuel tank having an integrally molded heat shield. An insulating material is secured to one surface of a pad made from foamed high density polyethylene (PE). The heat shield is placed within a blow-molding apparatus. A hot pliable HDPE parison is extruded adjacent a second surface of the pad. The parison contacts the second surface and causes the second surface to heat and partially melt. The parison is urged against the pad. HDPE material from the pad and parison intermingle and fuse. Pressure from the blow molding process aids in intermingling the molten surfaces together to form a strong integral attachment.

Abstract: A resin molded article having a highly expanded undercut shape and a uniform wall thickness distribution is produced with good productivity by forming a parison as an intermediate molded article by injection molding a thermoplastic resin, expanding said parison in open molds prior to blow molding of the parison in the final shape, then closing the molds, and blow molding said parison in the closed molds to form the final shape of the article.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a blow-molded tubular body having multiple dimensions with the following stages:a) extrusion of a tubular component that is closed at the front, with injection of gas inside the tubular component (10), and engagement of the tubular component with a shaping unit (12, 13),b) deposition of the shaped tubular component, in the plastic state, on a high-level half-mold part (15),c) free descent of a part of the tubular component onto a low-level half-mold part (18), located at a level that is lower than that of the high-level half-mold part (15),d) closure of the half-mold and blow-molding.

Abstract: A method for making a medical balloon catheter in a single molding operation employs a parison which is molded and biaxially oriented by the use of first and second pressurization stages. The starting material is in the form of a tubular parison with a reduced diameter portion which is made of a biaxial orientable polyamide or polyetheramide material. The resulting balloon can be attached to a catheter that includes a tapered or stepped distal end without further shaping or modification of the balloon ends.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing containers for dispensing solutions, includes the steps of: (a) extruding a parison from a die while injecting supporting air into the parison, and sealing a forward part of the extruded parison; (b) forming a middle portion of the parison constituting a barrel portion of a container to be produced, during extrusion of the parison, so as to have a wall thickness thinner than the forward part of the parison; (c) injecting air into the parison, after being inserted into a mold with a vacuum mechanism, to blow it out while keeping a pressure in the interior of the mold to a value lower than an internal pressure of the parison, and cutting off the parison from the die to form a container, (d) inserting a mandrel into the molded container through a cut opening of the container after transferring the mold retaining the molded container to a solution-charging station and charging a medical solution into the molded container; and (e) pulling the mandrel out of the container after charging a me

Abstract: Multichamber tubular containers are made by extrusion or injection stretch blow molding. The containers usually will have two or three chambers and one or more web walls. The web walls are relatively rigid as formed. The web walls must be stretched laterally to increase their flexibility which is needed for the uniform dispensing of product from the tubular chambers. The webs can be stretched mechanically by the rotation of rods, such as stretch rods, or pneumatically by a differential gas pressure in the chambers while the webs are at or near the glass transition temperature and can flow. The web walls for a circular tubular container can be stretched up to about one-half the diameter of the tubular container.

Abstract: A method for forming a balloon for a dilatation catheter involving the steps of extruding a segment of thermoplastic material, maintaining the center portion at a temperature below the glass transition of the thermoplastic material, drawing the segment to a predetermined length, wherein after the drawing the wall thickness of the center portion does not appreciably change, and expanding the segment in a mold to produce the balloon.

Abstract: The invention concerns the manufacture of hollow plastic articles by inflating a preform (4) in a blowing mandrel. The aim of the invention is to reduce the so-called cycle time--the time interval between a preform (4) entering the blowing mould (1, 1') and the next preform (4) entering the same blowing mould (1, 1')--compared with prior art methods in which the initially open mould encloses the preform along the appropriate length when the preform is extruded from the blow-moulding nozzle, the mould then being transferred to a second station, adjacent to the tubular body receiving station, where the preform is inflated by insertion of an inflation and sizing mandrel. This aim is achieved by introducing the inflation gas into the preform, received by the mandrel, while the preform is being transferred from the first station, in which the tubular body is received, to the second station, in which release is effected.

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).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing polymeric material having enhanced structural integrity includes heating the material to a temperature between the material's glass transition temperature and the material's melt temperature. Once heated, the material is highly overstretched in a first direction and moderately overstretched in a second direction. The material is then held in the overstretched condition while it is allowed to cool to room temperature. Cooling is followed by reheating to a curing temperature. After curing for a predetermined period, the material is again allowed to cool. The completed material has high polymeric orientation in the first direction and moderate polymeric orientation in the second direction. Therefore, the material is characterized by enhanced structural integrity and absence of pinhole defects common to highly oriented polymeric materials.

Abstract: A method for forming a balloon for a dilatation catheter may utilize the steps of extruding a tubing preform of a polyester resin and then blowing the tubing into an oriented balloon, wherein the tubing preform is dried prior to blowing into the balloon form. Other process steps by which balloon cone and waist thicknesses may be reduced involve varying the axial tension and blowing pressure at several stages as a mold containing the balloon preform is dipped into a heating medium. Specifically, tubing of a thermoplastic material is placed in a mold and blown by pressurizing and tensioning the tubing and gradually dipping the mold into a heated heat transfer media so as to sequentially blow a first waist, a body and a second waist portion. The tubing is subjected to a relatively lower pressure while the body portion is blown than while the first and second waist portions are blown.

Abstract: The procedure serves the purpose of molding a container from a thermoplastic material. After a temperature treatment a moldable object is fed to a blow station, which has a blow mold that is provided for the purpose of contouring the container. The temperature-treated moldable object is inserted into the blow mold. By feeding in high-pressure blow air, the moldable object is expanded. In addition at least one other pneumatic working step with low-pressure air is carried out, with this air being taken from a low-pressure air supply. The low-pressure air supply has a smaller pressure level than the high-pressure blow-air supply. After the moldable object has been expanded, high-pressure blow air streaming out of the molded container held in the blow mold is fed to the low-pressure air supply during a transition phase. In the region of the low-pressure air supply a pressure monitoring is carried out for the purpose of defining a maximum low-air pressure to be provided.

Abstract: A semi-compliant PET balloon and a method for manufacturing the balloon are disclosed. The method for manufacturing the semi-compliant PET balloon includes the steps of varying the temperature and inflation pressure on a tube of PET material in an ordered sequence to i) form the balloon, ii) thin the walls of the balloon, ii) size the balloon and then, iv) crystallize the PET material of the balloon. First, to form the balloon, the tube of PET material is preheated, and simultaneously pressurized and stretched. The pressure in the tube is then increased to conform the balloon to the shape of a mold. Next the balloon walls are thinned by decreasing pressure and providing additional stretch on the PET tube. A subsequent increase in pressure sizes the balloon. The sized balloon is next subjected to an increase in temperature and a decrease in pressure to crystallize the PET material. A cooling step completes the method for manufacture.

Abstract: A protector made of thermoplastic resin to which a foaming agent is added is adapted such that no foams are present in the thermoplastic resin forming a predetermined volume area including lock portions mounted on a protector body for integrating the protector body and a lid element but foams are present in the thermoplastic resin forming the area other than the predetermined volume area, whereby a molded part of thermoplastic resin is provided which accomplishes weight reduction and an insured strength at a strength-required area.

Abstract: A process for producing biaxially drawn plastic bottles having excellent heat resistance and an apparatus therefor. The process comprises a step of biaxially drawing and free blow-molding the preformed article to obtain a secondary molded article thereof, a step of heating the secondary molded article by inserting it for 0.3 to 5 seconds in the infrared rays emitted from an infrared-ray radiation member that has a substantially planar radiation surface having a height larger than that of the secondary molded article in the direction of height and having a surface temperature of from 350.degree. C. to 1000.degree. C., in order to obtain a tertiary product thereof that is shrunk, and a step for blow-molding the tertiary product that is in a heated state in a metal mold to obtain a final molded article. A single metal mold is used for blow-molding to shorten the time occupied by the metal mold and to produce the bottles having excellent heat resistance maintaining high productivity.

Abstract: In a process for the production of a hollow body such as a fuel tank from thermoplastic material, the wall thereof is subjected to a two-step treatment to influence the permeation properties of the material. In the first treatment step the wall is subjected to the action of a gas mixture containing fluorine and oxygen while in the second treatment step the wall is subjected to the action of a gas mixture which contains fluorine but is oxygen-free.

Abstract: In a blow molding process, a fused thermoplastic polymer parison is interposed between a pair of split molds. The split molds are closed around the parison to seal the ends. A small diameter hollow needle is inserted through one of the split molds and fluid is blown into the parison forming a balloon. After the balloon begins to form, a large diameter hollow needle is inserted while internal pressure is applied to the parison via the small diameter hollow needle, and a large amount of fluid is blown in. This process is highly productive and reduces the conventional blow molding cycle by 60 percent due to the rapid cooling of the hollow article.

Abstract: A closed one-piece plastic drum having an integral handling ring at a head end is formed in a blow mold having mold halves and an articulating mold section. While the mold is open and the articulating section is spaced from the mold halves, a heated plastic parison is placed in the open mold and blown at a first blowing pressure (30-60 psi) to completely expand the parison into the shape of the inside surface of the mold and fill the open articulating section. This blow molding step forms an open handling ring as well as the drum body. A second blowing operation at a second lower pressure (15-40 psi) is then performed to stabilize the expanded parison inside the mold. The mold articulating section is closed during the second blowing operation in first and second sequences. In each sequence, the articulating section is moved over a different distance and at a different speed while compressing the blow-molded open handling ring into a solid handling ring.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a plastic container having an enhanced level of crystallinity for improved thermal stability. A substantially amorphous and transparent preform in the molecular orientation temperature range is expanded by a pulse-blow process one or more times to form an intermediate article, prior to a final expansion step to the full container dimensions. The pulse-blow step is conducted at a relatively high-strain rate to maximize the formation of crystal nucleation sites, followed by deflation to relax the amorphous orientation, and the final expansion step is conducted at a low-strain rate to minimize the amorphous orientation. The resulting container has a higher thermal deformation temperature and reduced thermal shrinkage and is particularly adapted for use as a refillable or hot-fill beverage container. A blow-mold and fluid supply apparatus is provided, including a metering chamber and piston, for alternatively supplying the high and low-strain rate inflations.