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US 2015/0099616 A1Published application
Container-forming process and machine
OwnerKody A. Chapman, Roy E. Ackerman +1inventors
InventorsKody A. Chapman, Roy E. Ackerman, Chris K. Leser
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Abstract
A container-forming process is used to form an insulative container. The container-forming process includes a staging-materials operation, a body-forming operation, and a brim-forming operation.
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A container-forming process for forming an insulative container, the container-forming process comprising the steps of
- staging a body blank,
- providing floor stock including a strip of insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material,
- heating a portion of the floor stock to provide a heated portion,
- cutting the heated portion to provide a heated floor blank,
- using the heated floor blank to form a floor unit without fracturing the floor unit,
- using the body blank to form a sleeve unit,
- coupling the floor unit to the sleeve unit to establish a body, and
- forming a brim on the body unit to establish an insulative container.
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