Process for the preflanging of the mouths of cardboard of composite containers for their subsequent sealing
AssigneeMetalgrafica Malaguena, S.A.
InventorFrancisco G. Sanchez
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Abstract
A method of simultaneously flanging and cutting tubular bodies by scoring the tubular bodies on each side of the cut is disclosed.
Claims3
A process for the formation of flanges on the mouths of containers simultaneous with the cutting of a cylindrical length of a container from an indefinite length wound cylinder of paperboard mounted on a mandrel comprising the application of a cutting blade about the perimeter of the cylinder at a plane generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder to sever the same, simultaneously with the cutting, applying pressure to the severed cylinder on either side of the cut and about the perimeter to form an outwardly directed flange on each of the severed ends.
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