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US 4,400,862 AGranted
Method of manufacturing packing containers
AssigneeTetra Pak Developpement SA
InventorRolf L. Ignell
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a packing container from a seamless tubular blank of plastic material having a wall thickness greater than the wall thickness of the packing container to be produced therefrom. One end of the tubular blank is sealed and an annular edge ferrule is joined to the other end. The tube is heated until softened and then caused to expand in a mold to a predetermined shape.
Claims9
A method for the manufacture of a packing container comprising:
- providing a tubular member of a plastic material having first and second ends and further having a wall thickness which is greater than the desired wall thickness of the packing container to be produced therefrom;
- joining a rigid end wall member to said first end of the tubular member by embedding a portion of said end wall member in said first end;
- joining a rigid annular ferrule to said second end of the tubular member by embedding a portion of said ferrule in said second end;
- heating said tubular member to a temperature sufficient to soften said plastic material;
- and
- expanding said softened tubular member sufficiently to form a packing container of the desired configuration, said end wall member and said ferrule, which have been joined to the first and second ends of said tubular member, not being expanded during the expansion of the tubular member.
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A method for the manufacture of a packing container comprising:
- providing a tubular blank of a longitudinally oriented plastic material having first and second ends and also having a wall thickness greater than the desired wall thickness of the packing container to be produced therefrom;
- attaching a metallic end wall member to said first end of the tubular blank;
- attaching a metallic annular ferrule to said second end of the tubular blank;
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- blow-molding said tubular blank to form a packing container of the desired configuration, a pressurized fluid being introduced into said blank through said second end during said blow-molding process, said end wall member and said annular ferrule, which are attached to respective ends of said blank, not being expanded during the blow-molding of said tubular blank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.