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US 4,851,062 AGranted
Method of making and decorating a plastic container having a neck
OwnerAndre Tartaglioneinventor
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Abstract
A method of making and decorating a container in which the tubular body is injection molded with either its upper end or its bottom end open and is threaded onto a mandrel through an open end to provide support for the tubular body during printing of a decor thereon. The neck member or bottom member or both can then be applied.
Claims14
A method of making and decorating a container comprising the steps of:
- (a) injection molding a tubular body adapted to have a neck member at one end and a bottom member at an opposite end without at least one of said members so that said tubular body is open at the corresponding end;
- (b) threading said tubular body onto a support mandrel from said corresponding end so that said mandrel extends substantially over the entire length of said tubular body;
- (c) printing a decor on said tubular body while said tubular body is supported by said mandrel;
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- (d) closing said corresponding end of said body by the formation of the corresponding one of said members thereon upon removal of the mandrel from said body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.