Oriented package combination for a molded elastomeric product
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsTIMOTHY P. COFFIELD, Kenneth A. Longstreet
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Abstract
A method of packaging a molded elastomeric material includes the steps of (a) molding an elastomeric product; (b) orienting the elastomeric product by stretching or compressing the elastomeric product; (c) retaining the elastomeric product in an at least partially stretched or partially compressed configuration by mounting or securing the elastomeric product to a shunt; and (d) releasing the product from the shunt, whereby the product is capable of shrinking or expanding to its final position after it is removed from the shunt.
Claims20
A method of packaging a molded elastomeric material comprising:
- molding an elastomeric product;
- orienting the product by deforming the product to align the crystalline structure of the product in one direction, such that the product has different material characteristics in the one direction than in other directions;
- and
- mounting the product to a shunt adapted to retain the product in the deformed position.
A method of packaging a molded elastomeric product comprising:
- molding an elastomeric material to form a product;
- orienting the product by at least one of stretching and compressing the product;
- allowing the product to recover toward an equilibrium position and then at least one of stretching and compressing the product;
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- removably securing a shunt to the product to retain the product in one of an at least partially stretched position and an at least partially compressed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.