Abstract: Process for producing a blown hollow vessel having an external annular projection integrally formed from the vessel wall in the blowing process. The vessel is formed initially in a mold having a reduced contour in the wall regions adjoining the annular projection. The vessel thus formed is then placed in a mold having the desired finished contour and blown to its final shape. In this manner, the vessel wall adjoining the annular projection is stretched and the inner surface of the vessel wall is smoothed in the area where the annular projection was formed.

Abstract: A method for making a partially crystalline, biaxially oriented heat set hollow plastic container from a hollow parison having an open end and a closed end comprising engaging the open end of a plastic parison which is at a temperature within its molecular orientation temperature range, positioning a mold base in axial alignment with said engaged hot parison, enclosing a hot mold about the mold base, the mold being at heat setting temperature, expanding the plastic parison within the hot mold and mold base by internal pressurization to induce biaxial orientation of the plastic parison and force the plastic parison into intimate contact and conformance with the hot mold and to maintain contact by such internal pressurization between the mold and the biaxially oriented container for a time sufficient to induce partial crystallization in the biaxially oriented container, lowering the internal pressure in the container, opening the hot mold while maintaining engagement of the open end and engagement of the mold b

Abstract: The preformed assembly of a transparent sheet material and a gasket adhered to the periphery thereof, and the method for producing the assembly. Preferably, the sheet material is glass and the gasket is formed of a thermosetting polyurethane material. The material, curable to produce the gasket, is injected into a mold cavity and thence by controlling the attendant parameters, the autogeneous pressure incident to polymerization causes the material to be urged into intimate contact with mold cavity and the sheet material. After the material has been cured sufficiently, the resultant assembly is removed from the mold cavity.

Abstract: A method of forming a container having upper and lower portions, the lower portion having self-supporting side walls and a bottom wall. The upper portion is flexible and non-self-supporting. Preferably, the upper and lower portions are formed of plastic material with the upper portion forming a integral continuation of the lower portion. The entire container may be formed using blow molding techniques or other conventional means such as co-extrusion.

Abstract: A novel method of blow molding and fluorinating plastic containers carried out in essentially three steps, including blow molding of the container at a first predetermined pressure in a mechanically locked mold with an inert gas, testing the mold for pressure tightness at a second higher level of pressure with an inert gas, and thereafter introducing a fluorine containing gas into the mold at a third level of pressure.

Abstract: A double-walled plastic box 20 is molded from a single parison 50 in an unlimited depth by closing the bottom of parison 50 and draping it downwardly over a core 60 so that a leading part of the parison forms an inside wall of the box and a following part of the parison forms an outside wall of the box. After parison 50 is draped over core 60, outer mold parts 61 close around the core and the draped parison; and the box is blown in a cavity between the core and the outer mold parts. The parison can be ballooned while draping down over the core to enlarge the parison to stand out from and surround the core, which can be raised during the draping process. Parison 50 can also be deballooned after draping to stay within the confines of outer mold parts 61 while core 60 raises and while the outer mold parts close.

Abstract: A process for coextrusion blowmolding of multilayer polymer articles, wherein a multilayer parison is extruded through a die, introduced into a mold, and blowmolded, the flow of multilayer plastic material being periodically interrupted, and additional plastic material being injected into the extrusion die at timed intervals, so that this additional material forms portion of the parison which later are trimmed from the molded article and reprocessed for reuse.

Abstract: Pellets which are formed by extruding and cutting may be squashed in the latter operation. Squashing is reduced by passing a strand of extruded material downwardly under the influence of gravity and cutting the strand horizontally with a blade, preferably supporting the strand against the cutting blade by blowing gas against it when cutting.

Abstract: Plastic cartridge for packaging sealants is made by blow molding an extruded parison into a metal mold with a cavity whose interior diameter gradually increases toward the bottom in correspondence with the variation in thickness between the top and bottom of the parison, which variation in thickness results from longitudinal stretching of the extruded parison under its own weight. A plastic cartridge having equal inside top and bottom diameters is produced.

Abstract: A method of producing a fiber reinforced plastic billiard cue which includes a tip end portion and a butted portion by forming an open-ended tubular tube of fiber reinforced plastic; securing joining devices in one open end of the tubular tube; placing the tubular tube in a cavity of a mold corresponding substantially to the size and shape desired of the billiard cue; heating the mold under a predetermined temperature for curing the tubular tube; applying compressed gas through the other open end of the tubular tube to force the shell thereof into contact with the inner surface of the cavity of the mold; and releasing the compressed gas from the open end of the tubular tube.

Abstract: A process for forming a separable laminate container includes the steps of coextruding at least two substantially non-adhering thermoplastic compositions to form a tubular parison having a relatively thick outer layer and a relatively thin inner layer. The parison is subsequently blow molded and trimmed to provide an open-ended container body and an inner liner which is separable along the interior walls of the container body to permit closing and/or sealing of the liner, independent of the container. A lid may also be applied to the container body.

Abstract: The heat-sink capacity of a thick-walled article being cured with a hot liquid supplying heat to one side of the wall, allows the point of least cure (PLC) to receive a higher rate of cure equivalents even after the hot liquid is replaced with a cold liquid. In the mean while, on the other side of the wall continues to be heated. Because such a change-over is effected before the PLC has received the minimum number of cure equivalents required to effect a cure at the PLC (a "pre-cure change-over"), a valving arrangement is provided which allows the changeover to be effected without permitting a pressure drop in the bladder sufficient to permit the tire to "blow" because it is as yet uncured when the change-over is effected. Such a pre-cure change-over cannot be made when steam is replaced with water at ambient temperature.

Abstract: Tire mold vents (34) in communication with a sealed cavity (35) are pressurized for limiting the quantity of rubber entering the vents (34) and for assisting the stripping of the vulcanized tire (28) from the mold. Passages (40) in the mold communicate fluid pressure to the vents (34) and pressure regulators (58,60) control the fluid pressure communicated to the vents (34) during vulcanization and during ejection of the tire (28) from the mold (10).

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a heat-resistant polyester hollow formed body, which comprises mounting a preform of a thermoplastic polyester composed mainly of ethylene terephthalate units, which is maintained at a temperature where high-speed drawing is possible but whitening can be prevented, especially at a temperature represented by the following formula:T=k(100.multidot.IV-8.multidot.DEG+42) (1)wherein IV stands for the intrinsic viscosity (dl/g) of the thermoplastic polyester, DEG stands for the content (% by weight) of diethylene glycol units in the thermoplastic polyester, k is a number of from 0.95 to 1.05, and T stands for the temperature (.degree.C.

Abstract: A method of producing a container of plastic material capable of being oriented and/or crystallized, in which a substantially tubular blank is, in at least two mutually consecutive and mutually separate shaping phases or shaping stages, reshaped into the container. The blank is reshaped into the container by mechanical forming elements (34,42) which stretch the material in the axial direction of the blank, and in the circumferential direction of the blank. By stretching the material in each separate shaping stage to a regulated degree, there will be accumulated in the material a total stretching corresponding to the requisite stretching in order to impart to the material the desired and predetermined orientation and thereby the requisite strength properties.

Abstract: A process for making shaped articles by injecting a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer into a mold cavity in which is maintained a reactive atmosphere containing between 0.1 mole % and 50 mole % F.sub.2 and at least 20 ppm O.sub.2 while the polymer is being injected into the mold, such that any portion of the polymer contacts the reactive atmosphere for a time not greater than 0.5 sec.

Abstract: A process (I), for producing a pressure-sensitive electroconductive sheet by (A), forming conductive circuits or electrodes in a flexible porous substrate and (B), applying, followed by curing a pressure-sensitive conductive paste to either or both sides of the substrate to form a pressure-sensitive conductive layer; and a process (II) for producing a pressure-sensitive electroconductive sheet by (A), forming conductive circuits or electrodes in a flexible porous subhstrate, (B), subsequently applying, followed by curing, a pressure-sensitive conductive paste to either side of the substrate to form a pressure-sensitive conductive layer, and (C), applying, followed by curing, insulating silicone rubber to the side of the substrate on which the pressure-sensitive conductive layer is not formed to form an insulating silicone rubber layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are multi-color marking implements (i.e. crayons) having variegated color patterns, and a method and apparatus for their manufacture involving consecutively casting small amounts of molten crayon-like materials into suitably shaped molds at specific temperatures. The marking implements have a multiplicity of discretely-colored regions of random shape, randomly distributed in the implement. In addition, the marking implement may include a multiplicity of non-discretely colored regions resulting from a blending of colors from two discretely-colored regions. Optionally, the multi-color implement may be provided in a transparent lipstick type container that may serve as the mold in the casting process.

Abstract: A heat-softening plastic material is extruded such that the plastic material forms a pine-shaped outer member and at least one rod-shaped core member is positioned in the inside space of the pipe-shaped outer member. Divided forming molds are disposed about the extruded plastic material except for an entrance opening for introducing gas such that only the pipe-shaped outer member is expanded by the pressurized gas and the thus formed container is subsequently cooled and hardened. The thus formed hollow container has at least one rod-shaped support extending between the upper and lower ends on the inside of the hollow container. The container will not expand and remains stable even if a high pressure fluid is introduced into the inside of the container.

Abstract: An inner conical recess fitting (1) which is connectable to the prosthesis and is intended for receiving a stump (17) of an amputated extremity can be fitted directly to the stump (17) without the aid of modeling in the following procedural steps: to mold the inner conical recess, a plastic which is shrinkable through the action of external influences, such as heat, is selected; a tube (14) which is made of this plastic and is open at at least one end and has a smaller diameter and a smaller length than the inner conical recess fitting (1) to be manufactured is extended and stretched, so that it has in every direction a greater dimension than the inner conical recess fitting (1) to be manufactured; and the widened and stretched molded piece (10) is placed on the stump (17) and is made to shrink through, e.g., application of heat at selected locations, until the fitting bears everywhere securely against the stump.