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US 2010/0146911 A1Published application
Sealed plastic closure and method for making the same
AssigneeHuhtamaki, Inc.
InventorWayne F. SCHNEIDER
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Abstract
A sealed plastic container and a method for producing it are provided. The method for producing the sealed plastic container includes the steps of providing a container body having an end, providing a closure member having a skirt, inserting the closure member into the container body, heating the closure member skirt and container body end, and rolling the closure member skirt top and container end inward thereby fusing the closure member to the container body.
Claims14
A method of sealing plastic containers comprising the steps of:
- providing a container body having a sidewall, a first end, and a second end;
- providing a closure member having a base with a perimeter and a skirt extending generally perpendicular therefrom, said skirt terminating in a top edge;
- inserting said closure member into said container body proximate at least one of said ends such that said skirt top edge is substantially flush with one of said ends;
- heating said skirt top edge and said container body end;
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- rolling said skirt top edge and said container body end inward thereby fusing said closure member to said container body.
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A method of sealing plastic containers comprising the steps of:
- providing a container body having a sidewall and an open end with an end edge;
- providing a plug having a body and a peripheral skirt extending therefrom that terminates at an end edge;
- positioning said plug within said container body open end at an orientation such that said plug skirt end edge is immediately adjacent the container body end edge;
- heating said plug skirt end edge and said container body end edge;
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- rolling said plug skirt end edge and said container body end edge thereby sealing said container body open end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.