Including Shaping By Mechanical Means Other Than Fluid Pressure During Or Subsequent To Fluid Pressure Differential Shaping Patents (Class 264/531)
  • Patent number: 12064912
    Abstract: A container, preferably a bottle, is fabricated in a method comprising: —providing a preform comprising poly(ethylene 2, 5-furandicarboxylate); —stretch blow-molding the preform to form the container, wherein the stretch blow-molding comprises a stretching step of the preform to a ratio higher than the natural draw ratio of poly(ethylene 2, 5-furandicarboxylate) at a temperature in a range of 105° C. to 145° C., preferably in a range of 110° C. to 140° C., and at an equivalent axial strain rate at a reference temperature of 100° C. in the range of 0.001 to 10 s?1, preferably in a range of 0.03 to 3 s?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Furanix Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Antonius Visser, Jesper Gabriël van Berkel
  • Patent number: 11478975
    Abstract: A system for forming a container includes an injection station configured to inject a liquid material into a mold to form a preform. The system also includes a forming station including an apparatus for forming a container. The apparatus includes a blow mold configured to receive the preform and inject air into the preform to form the container. The blow mold includes an inner mold surface. The apparatus also includes at least one stretching rod configured to contact the preform in the blow mold and stretch the preform. The apparatus further includes electric heating elements coupled to the blow mold and positioned adjacent the inner mold surface to heat the inner mold surface. The system further includes a removal station configured to release the container from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Pretium Packaging, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Raymond C. Eble
  • Patent number: 11390010
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers has at least one supply device with at least one first connecting line, wherein at least one section of at least one connecting line is arranged stationary relative to a main carrier by at least one fastening device, and wherein a section of this connecting line is arranged on a device of the forming device in such a way that, in the event of a movement of the side part carrier relative to the main carrier, this section of the connecting line moves relative to the fastening device. An actuator is arranged on the apparatus, to which at least a section of the connecting line is fastened, wherein this actuator also being movable relative to the main carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Armin Buess
  • Patent number: 10471643
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mold for manufacturing a container from a preform, the mold including: a side wall, a mold bottom having a through-passage in the center thereof, a cylinder including a body and a counter stretch molding rod that is mounted so as to be slidable relative to the body between an extended position in which the counter stretch molding rod projects relative to the mold bottom and a retracted position, a stand on which the mold bottom is mounted, this stand including a lower stage, an upper stage and a spacer detachably inserted between the upper stage and the lower stage and defining the cavity in part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Matthieu Breard, Marc Leroux, Arnaud Barbey
  • Patent number: 10232545
    Abstract: A blow molding machine assembly configured to be mounted to a blow molding machine to move a mold base configured to form a container base. The blow molding machine assembly includes an over-stroke cylinder and a counter-stretch rod. The over-stroke cylinder is configured to move the mold base between an extended base position and a retracted base position. The counter-stretch rod is movable between a retracted rod position in which the counter-stretch rod does not extend out from within the mold base, and an extended rod position in which the counter-stretch rod extends out from within the mold base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC
    Inventors: Kirk Edward Maki, Theodore F. Eberle
  • Patent number: 9327860
    Abstract: A preform 20 for a large container, used for producing a large container which is made of a polyethylene terephthalate resin and which is formed by stretch blow molding, is formed by injecting molding to have a wall thickness of 6 mm to 9 mm and have a longitudinal axis length longer than that of the large container which is a final molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiichi Aoki, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20150144584
    Abstract: A bottle feeding device, including a bottom piece of a bottle body having a first perimeter wall and a top piece of a bottle body having a second perimeter wall. The top piece is pivotally affixed to the bottom piece and is rotatable with respect to the bottom piece about an axis extending generally orthogonally through the first perimeter wall and the second perimeter wall. A pair of detent features is provided to restrain the bottom piece and the top piece into either a first relative rotational position or a second relative rotational position. A nipple is operatively affixed to the top piece of the bottle by a nipple ring threaded onto the top piece of the bottle. A method of feeding an infant and of manufacturing the bottle are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Renz, Hassan Mohammed, Michael Jackson, Steve Casteel
  • Publication number: 20150096957
    Abstract: A package including: a container; and a plug seal closure operatively engaged with an open end of the container; wherein the container has; a closed end opposing the open end; a container wall extending longitudinally between the closed end and the open end about a longitudinal axis; an end seam extending at least partially across the closed end; and a longitudinal overlapping seam extending from the end seam, a portion of the overlapping seam extending longitudinally along the container wall between the closed end and the open end; wherein the open end is narrower than at least a portion of the container away from the open end of the container; and wherein the closed end and the container wall consist of a one-piece thermoplastic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Patrick Jean-Francois ETESSE
  • Publication number: 20150064383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyethylene furanoate (PEF) copolymers and methods for processing the same to provide PEF articles, as well as the articles so produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: ROBERT M. KRIEGEL, YU SHI, RONALD D. MOFFITT
  • Patent number: 8968636
    Abstract: A mold device and a method related thereto for forming a plastic container from a preform. The mold device comprises a mold defining a mold cavity, a stretch initiation rod system for engaging an interior portion of the preform to define a stretch initiation area, and a centrally disposed pressure source positionable within the preform for introducing a pressurized fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Discma AG
    Inventor: Theodore F. Eberle
  • Publication number: 20140343205
    Abstract: A polypropylene composition characterized by improved additive retention can include at least 70 wt. % of a component (A) that is a random copolymer of propylene and ethylene produced with a metallocene-based polymerization catalyst. The component (A) can have a molecular weight distribution of at most 4.0. The polypropylene composition can include from 0.001 to 2.0 wt. % of a component (B) that is an additive that migrates to a surface of the polypropylene composition. The polypropylene composition can include a component (C) that is a thermoplastic polymer different from component (A), and is not a metallocene polypropylene homopolymer. The polypropylene composition can have a gloss at 20° of at least 75. Articles can be produced from the polypropylene composition, including articles that require specific surface properties over an extended period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Geoffroy Terlinden
  • Publication number: 20140333013
    Abstract: A system for forming a container from a preform includes a first mold having a plurality of first portions that cooperate to define a first internal surface against which the preform is blown for forming a first form. The system also includes a second mold having a plurality of second portions that cooperate to define a second internal surface against which the first form is blown for forming a second form. Also, the system includes a mold servo motor that actuates the plurality of first portions relative to each other and/or actuates the plurality of second portions relative to each other. Furthermore, the system includes a controller that controls the mold servo motor for controlled actuation of the plurality of first portions and/or the plurality of second portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: AMCOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Bates, Frederick C. Beuerle, Reinhard C.J. Luchies
  • Patent number: 8871137
    Abstract: A process for producing medical instruments (7) comprising the operations of extruding plastic material in order to obtain a heated tubular element (1) made of molten state plastic material, performing on the tubular element (1) a blow molding in order to obtain a plurality of medical containers (6). The process comprises the operation of calibrating the inner surface (6a) of the various medical containers (6), performed after the operation of extruding plastic material, in order to make smooth and continuous the inner surface (6a) of each of the medical containers (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Brevetti Angela S.r.l.
    Inventors: Roberto Consolaro, Rajeev Kabbur
  • Patent number: 8852263
    Abstract: The use of nucleating agents to manufacture polymeric stents is disclosed. The resulting stents may have increased crystallinity, decreased crystal size, increased mechanical properties, and faster degradation times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Yunbing Wang
  • Publication number: 20140263160
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mold for forming a deep grip container, the mold having drive mechanisms opposably to drive moveable inserts into the mold. The drive mechanisms may be located entirely within the mold and may include a slotted cam. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip comprising: providing a mold hanger having an outer envelope and providing within the outer envelope a drive mechanism to drive moveable inserts into the mold after blowing molten plastic into contact with the mold. Further disclosed is a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip manufactured according to the disclosed methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen R. GUERIN, David R. PICCIOLI, Thomas E. NAHILL, Keith J. BARKER
  • Publication number: 20140263161
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mold hanger for supporting a bottle mold in a blow molding station, the mold hanger comprising a piston and piston sleeve fully contained within the mold hanger configured to push a moveable insert into the mold. Also disclosed is a method of retrofitting an original rotatable blow molding module having multiple existing blow molding stations, each existing mold hanger defining an existing outer envelope. The disclosed method may include providing an improved mold hanger substantially contained within the respective existing outer envelope and including low-profile drive mechanisms configured opposably to drive moveable inserts into the mold. Further disclosed is a method of manufacturing a blow molded bottle with a deep pinch grip, the method including providing within a mold hanger a drive mechanism to drive a moveable insert into the mold. A bottle made by such methods is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen R. GUERIN, David R. PICCIOLI, Thomas E. NAHILL, Keith J. BARKER
  • Patent number: 8828308
    Abstract: A mold device for forming a plastic container from a preform. The preform includes at least one exterior feature formed thereon. The mold device comprises a mold defining a mold cavity, and a central exterior rod being movable within the mold cavity. The central exterior rod includes a locating feature formed therewith that is engagable with the at least one exterior feature of the preform for maintaining a central orientation of the preform within the mold cavity during forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Amcor Limited
    Inventors: Kirk Edward Maki, George David Lisch
  • Patent number: 8815044
    Abstract: A beam of fiber-reinforced curable thermosetting composite material is preliminarily assembled in an uncured condition. The beam is placed between two forming tools, namely a lower and an upper tool, shaped in such a way as to give the lower and upper flanges a predetermined shape, at least one of the flanges having a non-rectilinear profile viewed in a longitudinal vertical plane. Two longitudinally elongate rigid inserts are placed between the flanges at the sides of the web and are covered in respective airtight tubular bags. The spaces between the upper tool and the lower tool on the two opposite longitudinal sides are sealed. The open opposite ends of the tubular bags are also sealed in such a manner that the pressure applied in an autoclave during the step of curing causes the tubular bags to swell and presses them against the two opposite faces of the web and against the flanges of the beam. On completion of curing, the upper forming tool is removed and the inserts are extracted sideways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sabato Inserra Imparato, Luigi Avagliano, Luigi Capasso, Emmanuele D'Agostino, Luca Di Tommaso, Gianni Iagulli
  • Patent number: 8802207
    Abstract: A method of making a polymer composition comprising dispersed nanoparticles of an oxygen scavenging catalyst includes polymerizing one or more monomers or pre-polymers in the presence of a platinum group metal catalyst or precursor to obtain a polymer composition having dispersed nanoparticles of the platinum group metal. The oxygen scavenging catalyst is added during the polymerization as a solution of the platinum group metal or a compound thereof and a polyhydric alcohol (e.g., glycols). The food or beverage containers made from such polymer compositions exhibit high clarity and high oxygen scavenging properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Murali K. Akkapeddi
  • Patent number: 8795579
    Abstract: A process for producing containers includes the steps of providing a container having a shaping region, the shaping region comprising a thermoplastic material; applying an ink to the shaping region; discretely heating the shaping region to a shaping temperature; and discretely shaping the shaping region to take a desired three dimensional shape. A system for producing containers having three dimensional decorations, and containers having three dimensional decorations, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Altira, Inc.
    Inventor: Faustino Poo
  • Patent number: 8747727
    Abstract: A container forming assembly and method includes receiving a parison within a cavity of a mold, enclosing the parison within the mold having a wall with a recess, inflating the parison in the mold to form a blow molded container where the blow molded container has a sidewall, a movable region formed at the recess, and a hinge circumscribing an interface between the sidewall and the movable region, and moving or repositioning the movable region toward an interior of the blow molded container about the hinge before filling. The movable region can form a deep-set grip. Further, multiple movable regions can be provided, each of which may form respective deep-set grips. The container shape can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory Trude, Paul Kelley
  • Patent number: 8741206
    Abstract: An improved stretch rod tip having a hollowed area for receipt of a portion of a preform and at least a portion of a sprue during stretch blow molding of a container. Upon hardening of the container, the received portion of the preform becomes a protective dome over the received portion of the sprue that is at least partially internal to the container and that greatly reduces cracking, shearing, or other fracturing of the container due to a drop impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventor: Robert Ellis McCrary
  • Patent number: 8734703
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating a composite part with a shape memory polymer (SMP) apparatus usable as both a rigid lay-up tool and as a bladder. The SMP apparatus may be heated until malleable, shaped, and then cooled in a desired rigid tool configuration. For example, cavities may be formed into the SMP apparatus for nesting components therein to co-bond or co-cure with the composite part. The composite material may be applied onto the SMP apparatus in the rigid tool configuration and then placed into a rigid external tool and heated to composite cure temperatures at which the SMP apparatus is malleable. A pressure differential may be induced which urges the SMP apparatus to compress the composite material against the rigid external tool. When the composite material is cured, the SMP apparatus may be urged away from the cure composite material and removed from within the composite part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Havens, Matthew C. Everhart, Thomas Wood Margraf, Joel James Everhart, Randy Rex Kysar, Carl Ray Fiegenbaum, Jeffrey W. Priest, Delbert Leon Strelow, Kristin Dru Pickell
  • Publication number: 20140117592
    Abstract: Cans, bottles and/or other containers used to hold a carbonated beverage can include internal features to promote and/or control bubble formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee M. Nicholson, Peter S. Given, Prasad V. Joshi, Wei Liu, Denise H. Lefebvre, Marcin Jankowiak
  • Patent number: 8679398
    Abstract: An apparatus for folding a pre-pleated catheter balloon comprises a stationary base member; a rotatable drive hub which is moveable in relation to the stationary base member; and a folding head aligned with respect to the stationary base member and to the rotatable drive hub. The folding head includes at least three segments, each having a proximal end and an angled distal end with at least one angled side face terminating in an edge of a predetermined length. The segments are arranged so that the segment distal ends are disposed adjacent to and defining a central aperture The segment distal ends move closer to the central point upon rotation of the rotatable hub member in a predetermined direction, whereby the balloon is folded around the shaft substrate upon rotation of the rotatable hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Machine Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Motsenbocker, Edward Goff, Daniel J. Kasprzyk
  • Publication number: 20140069937
    Abstract: A plastic container comprises an upper portion including a finish defining an opening into the container, a lower portion including a base defining a standing surface, a sidewall extending between the upper portion and the lower portion, the sidewall defining a longitudinal axis, and at least one substantially transversely-oriented pressure panel located in the lower portion. The pressure panel is movable between an outwardly-inclined position and an inwardly-inclined position to compensate for a change of pressure inside the container. The standing surface defines a standing plane, and the entire pressure panel is located between the standing plane and the upper portion of the container when the pressure panel is in the outwardly-inclined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: CO2PAC LIMITED
    Inventors: David Melrose, John Denner, Paul Kelley, Gregory Trude
  • Patent number: 8663543
    Abstract: A process for blow-molding a container, the container having a handle, whereby the process includes the steps of: (i) introducing a preform into a mold cavity and stretching the preform with a stretch rod; (ii) increasing the pressure within the preform so that the preform expands within the mold cavity in a first blowing step, the pressure in the first blowing step is from 1 to 10 bar; (iii) inwardly moving jaws within the mold cavity so that the expanding preform is partially gripped between the jaws in the handle region; (iv) subsequently increasing the pressure within the preform wherein the maximum pressure in the second blowing step is greater than 10 bar, so that the preform expands to the limits of the mold cavity in a second blowing step to form a container; and wherein the inward movement of the jaws is completed within the first blowing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Jean-Francois Etesse, William John Cleveland Connolly
  • Patent number: 8658079
    Abstract: Process and device for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank equipped with at least one communication component, by molding a parison using a mold comprising two impressions and a core, said process comprising the pressing of the parison against the impressions and formation of a pocket in this parison, the communication component being fastened in this pocket by welding of at least one portion of its side wall to at least one portion of the side wall of the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Bjorn Criel, David Hill
  • Publication number: 20140034641
    Abstract: A method of making a polymer composition comprising dispersed nanoparticles of an oxygen scavenging catalyst includes polymerizing one or more monomers or pre-polymers in the presence of a platinum group metal catalyst or precursor to obtain a polymer composition having dispersed nanoparticles of the platinum group metal. The oxygen scavenging catalyst is added during the polymerization as a solution of the platinum group metal or a compound thereof and a polyhydric alcohol (e.g., glycols). The food or beverage containers made from such polymer compositions exhibit high clarity and high oxygen scavenging properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Murali K. Akkapeddi
  • Publication number: 20140027959
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Bjorn CRIEL, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
  • Patent number: 8636943
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a fuel tank equipped with an internal accessory and having a plastic wall produced from a parison, said process comprising, in order, the following steps: a) the accessory and the molten parison are introduced into a mold so that the accessory is surrounded by the parison, said mold comprising cavities equipped with at least one moving part; b) a pressurized gas is introduced inside the parison to carry out a pre-blow molding of said parison; c) the pre-blow-molded parison is pressed locally against the accessory using the moving part in order to firmly attach the two without piercing the parison; d) the mold is closed and the final blow molding of the parison is carried out by flattening it against the mold cavities using the pressurized gas; and e) the tank is removed from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Sylvain Roos, Manuel Bretnacher
  • Patent number: 8636944
    Abstract: A method of plastic container having a deep inset base of the type that has a standing ring for supporting the container on a flat surface includes steps of molding a container blank having a standing ring and a base projection portion that is formed beneath the standing ring and relatively displacing the base projection portion upwardly with respect to the standing ring until the base projection portion is positioned above the standing ring. An improved plastic container having a deep inset base is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company L.P.
    Inventors: Paul V. Kelley, Scott E. Bysick, Brian A. Lynch, Thomas E. Nahill, Romuald Philippe
  • Publication number: 20140011921
    Abstract: Polyolefin compositions and methods of making and using the polyolefin compositions are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a polyolefin, a compatibilizer, a starch and a plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Cereplast, Inc,
    Inventor: Cereplast, Inc,
  • Patent number: 8557884
    Abstract: This invention relates to foam insulating products, particularly extruded polystyrene foam, with increasing the cell orientation and reducing cell anisotropic ratio, as well as the process method for making the products thereof for improving the insulating properties and for reducing the manufacturing cost of the foam products. Alternatively, foam insulating products having increased cell compressive strength may be made by decreasing the cell orientation and increasing the cell anisotropic ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Larry M. Miller, Raymond M. Breindel, Mitchell Z. Weekley, Thomas E. Cisar
  • Publication number: 20130256954
    Abstract: A method for forming a film of plastic material includes urging molten resin through a die head opening to form a stalk having an extrusion profiled rail of resin material extending radially outward from a tubular wall, the die head opening including an annular orifice that defines a thickness of the tubular wall and a cross-sectional shape of the rail; cutting the rail to form discrete elements while leaving the tubular wall un-punctured; and inflating the stalk with a gas bubble maintained within an interior space of the tubular wall to form a thin film tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Libby, Christopher M. Gallant, William P. Clune
  • Patent number: 8540928
    Abstract: A process for blow-molding a container, the container comprising a handle, whereby the process comprises the steps of: (i) introducing a preform (2) into a mold cavity and stretching the preform (2) with a stretch rod; (ii) increasing the pressure within the preform (2) so that the preform (2) expands within the mold cavity in a first blowing step, the pressure in the first blowing step is from 1 to 10 bar; (iii) inwardly moving jaws (3, 4) within the mold cavity so that the expanding preform (2) is partially gripped between the jaws in the handle region; (iv) subsequently increasing the pressure within the preform (2) wherein the maximum pressure in the second blowing step is greater than 10 bar, so that the preform (2) expands to the limits of the mold cavity in a second blowing step to form a container; and wherein the inward movement of the jaws (3, 4) is completed within the first blowing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Jean-Francois Etesse, William John Cleveland Connolly
  • Patent number: 8506874
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for blow molding a fuel tank with multiple concentric needles to form an opening in the fuel tank, and/or for calibrating the opening in the fuel tank as it cools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: TI Group Automotive, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Carl-Hugo M. Mellander
  • Patent number: 8496867
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank equipped with a component, by molding a parison using a mold comprising two cavities and a core, the process comprising the mounting of a component around a needle or an oblong object attached to the core, the displacement of the needle or oblong object so as to deform the parison and pierce an opening into it, the needle or oblong object carrying the component with it in order to position the component in the opening, and the withdrawal of the needle/oblong object, leaving the component lodged in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Jean-Claude Mur, David Hill
  • Publication number: 20130175739
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating a blow molded article is provided, including a mold having first and second mold portions that, when located adjacent each other along a seam, at least partially enclose a mold cavity, wherein the mold cavity at least partially defines a molding surface against which a wall of the blow molded article is blown during blow molding, a first cutting device moveably disposed in the first mold portion, and a second cutting device moveably disposed in the second mold portion, wherein the first and second cutting devices, when in an activated position, each have a cutting surface that extends into the mold cavity by an amount substantially equal to a desired wall thickness of the blow molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Ronald A. Zimmer, John Ahlers
  • Publication number: 20130160275
    Abstract: A micro-abrasive blasting device comprises a mixing chamber, a delivery conduit extending from external the mixing chamber to the mixing chamber and a discharge conduit extending from the mixing chamber. Abrasive material may selectively be sealed in the chamber by positioning the discharge conduit to abut the inlet port. The chamber may be spherical to deliver consistent powder perturbation at all mixing chamber orientations. Methods of using the device are disclosed. Methods of making the device by blow molding are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Boaz Barry Groman
  • Publication number: 20130134171
    Abstract: A lid member includes a tubular section housed inside an opening section, an external flange section closing the tubular section and extending therefrom across an outer boundary, and a seal-member mounting section extending downward from the edge of the external flange section and having a seal member. A flange-equipped sleeve includes a sleeve section attached to a neck section and an internal flange section extended from the sleeve section across the outer boundary and attached to an inner wall of the tank body. The flange-equipped sleeve contains a resin having a higher heat-resistant temperature than a resin constituting the tank body. When the lid member closes the opening section, the tubular section is housed inside the sleeve section. The external flange section contacts the top of the neck section and the sleeve section. An inner circumference of the seal member is attached to the outer boundary of the neck section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Isayama, Kotaro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8431068
    Abstract: A process for producing thermoplastic containers (13) extrudes a plastic tube into opened movable mold parts (5, 7, 9). The main mold parts (7) form the container main part (18). The bottom parts are closed to close and weld the tube bottom end. The tube (3) is widened by a pressure gradient acting on it, forcing the tube against the wall of the mold parts (7, 9) to form the container. The mold parts are then moved into the position to open the mold for removal of the formed container (13). The container bottom is made in the form of a cup-like bottom part (19) axially extending into the container main part (18) by the bottom part being everted into the interior of the container (13) to form a bottom elevation (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Inventor: Bernd Hansen
  • Patent number: 8420003
    Abstract: A tube material is formed by continuously extruding a thermoplastic resin material in the shape of a cylinder that has a thickness of 100 ?m and a circumferential length of 800 mm. After that, in a polishing process, the tube material is rubbed with a lapping tape of #2000 while being rotated in one direction at a fixed speed, so that circumferential stripes are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the tube material. Then, the circumferential stripes are thermally transferred by pressing the outer circumferential surface of the heated tube material against a mold surface that is finished in the shape of circumferential stripes by a thermal transfer process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20130087954
    Abstract: An invention of a method for production of a heat-resistant container, in which a raised bottom portion is displaced inwardly by reduction in internal pressure, is disclosed. The method is characterized by forming a raised bottom portion 11 smaller in wall thickness than a surrounding wall portion 12a by first blow molding using a heat-treating blow mold; and pushing up the raised bottom portion 11 by a secondary bottom mold, in performing second blow molding using a final blow mold, to increase the wall thickness of the surrounding wall portion 12a (ground portion 12) relative to the raised bottom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoichi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20130089686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic material comprising a composition Z comprising the components A, B, C and D, the component A being a polyester, the component B being a polyamide, the component C being a transition metal catalyst, the component D being an organic compound selected from the group consisting of paraffins, vegetable oils, polyalkylene glycols, esters of polyols, alkoxylates, and mixtures of these substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: CLARIANT MASTERBATCHES (ITALIA) SPA
    Inventor: Flavio Fava
  • Publication number: 20130082074
    Abstract: A plastic aerosol container assembly includes a plastic container that has a main body portion defining an interior space and a finish portion that defines an opening. A pressurized aerosol mixture is maintained within the interior space. The finish portion has an inner surface that has an undercut defined therein. An aerosol valve assembly is mounted to the plastic container so that a portion thereof engages the inner surface of the finish portion so as to be retained by the undercut. The plastic container is preferably fabricated from material including polyethylene terephthalate. At least one location in the finish portion may be crystallized in order to provide enhanced resistance to stress cracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: RALPH ARMSTRONG, THOMAS E. NAHILL, KEITH J. BARKER, BRIAN A. LYNCH
  • Patent number: 8388886
    Abstract: A plastic bottle includes an expanded blow-molding preform of plastic film. The expanded preform has a base configured to support the bottle in a free-standing upright position, a neck containing a fitment, and seams including only a single full-height seam extending from the base to the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Smart Bottle, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Wilkes
  • Patent number: 8323555
    Abstract: A container forming assembly and method includes receiving a parison within a cavity of a mold, enclosing the parison within the mold having a wall with a recess, inflating the parison in the mold to form a blow molded container where the blow molded container has a sidewall, a movable region formed at the recess, and a hinge circumscribing an interface between the sidewall and the movable region, and moving the movable region toward an interior of the blow molded container about the hinge before filling. Furthermore, a method for forming a container includes receiving a parison, enclosing the parison with a mold that includes a cavity, and inflating the parison in said mold to form a blow molded container with a moveable region at the cavity. The method further includes repositioning the moveable region before filling the blow molded container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory Trude, Paul Kelley
  • Patent number: 8313686
    Abstract: Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a container and method of making a container. In one example, a preform is disposed into a mold cavity having a base forming assembly. The base forming assembly includes a base insert and a movable ring insert. The preform is blown against the mold cavity to form a body defining a base portion. The movable ring insert is advanced into the base portion to form a thinned flex point in the base portion while keeping the base insert fixed. The container is hot-filled with a commodity. The commodity is allowed to cool causing a vacuum in the container that results in the upward movement or inversion of a central inset portion defined at the thinned flex point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Amcor Limited
    Inventors: Frederick C. Beuerle, G. David Lisch
  • Publication number: 20120288655
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating a composite part with a shape memory polymer (SMP) apparatus usable as both a rigid lay-up tool and as a bladder. The SMP apparatus may be heated until malleable, shaped, and then cooled in a desired rigid tool configuration. For example, cavities may be formed into the SMP apparatus for nesting components therein to co-bond or co-cure with the composite part. The composite material may be applied onto the SMP apparatus in the rigid tool configuration and then placed into a rigid external tool and heated to composite cure temperatures at which the SMP apparatus is malleable. A pressure differential may be induced which urges the SMP apparatus to compress the composite material against the rigid external tool. When the composite material is cured, the SMP apparatus may be urged away from the cure composite material and removed from within the composite part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Havens, Matthew C. Everhart, Thomas Wood Margraf, Joel James Everhart, Randy Rex Kysar, Carl Ray Fiegenbaum, Jeffrey W. Priest, Delbert Leon Strelow, Kristin Dru Pickell