US 2025/0187251 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A CONTAINER

Abstract

A method for making a container having a thermoformable film which adheres to an outer skeleton, is provided. The method includes a heating step in which the thermoformable film is heated; a thermoforming step in which the thermoformable film is thermoformed on the inner surface; an inserting step in which a pressing element is inserted in the compartment, pressing the thermoformable film with it against the bottom wall to make the thermoformable film adhere to the bottom wall or to improve its adherence. The apparatus includes comprises a thermoforming device for thermoforming the thermoformable film on the inner surface of the outer skeleton and a pressing device which comprises having a supporting element and the pressing element.

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Dependent claims

A method for making a container comprising an outer skeleton and a thermoformable film which adheres to an inner surface of the outer skeleton;

the method comprising the following steps:
a heating step, during which the thermoformable film is heated;
a thermoforming step, during which the heated thermoformable film is thermoformed on the inner surface of the outer skeleton;
and
an inserting step, carried out after the thermoforming step, during which a pressing element is inserted inside the compartment and the thermoformable film is pressed, with the pressing element, against the inner surface of the outer skeleton to make the thermoformable film adhere to the inner surface of the outer skeleton or to increase the adherence of the thermoformable film to the inner surface of the outer skeleton.

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An apparatus for making a container comprising an outer skeleton and a thermoformable film which adheres to an inner surface of the outer skeleton;

the apparatus comprising:
a thermoforming device, for thermoforming the thermoformable film on the inner surface of the outer skeleton;
and
a pressing device which comprises a supporting element which defines a housing for housing, in use, the outer skeleton on which the thermoformable film was thermoformed, and a pressing element, which is movable relative to the supporting element between a non-operating position, in which the pressing element is spaced apart from the supporting element, and an operating position, in which the pressing element is coupled to the supporting element and is inserted in the housing so that it is inserted, in use, in the compartment of the outer skeleton and presses the thermoformable film against the inner surface of the outer skeleton and it makes the thermoformable film adhere to the inner surface of the outer skeleton or it increases the adherence of the thermoformable film to the inner surface of the outer skeleton.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for making a container

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Method and apparatus for making a container

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