Abstract: An improved pressware die set includes mechanical ejectors for removing formed product from the punch. A preferred embodiment includes rocker-style ejectors free from edges or other asperities which may tend to snag and mar the product during the production process. Most preferably, the outward surfaces of the rocker members extend beyond the perimeter of a paperboard blank positioned for forming so the paperboard blank does not encounter an obstruent outward edge during forming.

Abstract: A deep dish disposable container is preferably prepared from a radially scored paperboard blank and has a substantially planar bottom portion, an upwardly projecting sidewall portion and an outwardly extending flange portion. The flange and sidewall are provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially extending densified regions formed from a plurality of paperboard layers reformed into substantially integrated fibrous structures generally inseparable into their constituent layers having a thickness generally equal to adjacent areas of the sidewall and flange portions to provide uniformity and strength. The deep dish container generally has a height to diameter ratio of from about 0.1 to about 0.16; whereas the radially scored paperboard blank has from about 50 to about 100 radial scores. The product is dimensioned and configured such that there is from about 0.015 to about 0.05 inches of excess paperboard per score about the flange portion in order to provide rigidity to the product.