Injection molded cutlery method
AssigneeDart Container Corporation
InventorsDANIEL A. BLUNDY, GREGORY A. WARNER, MARCUS JEFFERY NORMAN, KYLE COUTCHIE
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to injection molded cutlery having a body defining a handle portion and a utensil portion, with an injection gate mark located at a center section of the body. The body can be made from a bio-material injected at a pressure that is less than 60% of an injection pressure required for injection at an end of the body.
Claims19
A method of injection molding plastic cutlery in a mold having at least two mold portions forming a cutlery-shaped mold cavity, the method comprising injecting a molten biodegradable plastic into a volumetric center section of the cutlery-shaped mold cavity.
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