Preform for a monobase container
AssigneeDevtech, Inc.
InventorMartin H. Beck
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Abstract
An improved preform for blow molding a one-piece plastic container of the champagne base variety having an annular peripheral chime surrounding an inward sloping base portion for containing carbonated beverages. The preform defining interior and exterior walls which are ever decreasing in diameter from the neck to the base so that the preform may be easily removed from a mating core and injection mold cavity used therewith thereby avoiding the need for a split mold to form the preform. The preform including a thickened annulus adjacent the transition between side wall and base forming portions thereof and an exterior weight reducing annular concavity between the thickened annulus and the closed end of the preform.
Claims21
An improved preform for use in a blow molding process for producing a one-piece plastic container by expanding a hollow preform containing material for a neck, sidewall and base of the container in a mold;
- the preform having an open neck to form the neck, a sidewall-forming portion of constant thickness and a baseforming portion including an annular thickened portion positioned such that following blowing of the preform the material of the base-form portion is deposited so that an inward sloping base portion is formed which is of a thickness sufficient to resist self-deformation and create a moment arm thereof around a chime tending to unroll and radially stretch the chime, the chime having an integral reinforcing hoop formed therein to prevent unrolling and radial stretching of the chime which would allow inversion of the inward sloping base portion, the preform defining interior and exterior walls which are ever decreasing in diameter from the neck to the base so that the preform may be easily removed from a mating core and injection mold cavity used to mold the preform thereby avoiding the need for a split mold to form the preform, and the base forming portion having an exterior annular concavity adjacent the thickened portion remote from the sidewall-forming portion.
A preform, for blow molding a one-piece self-standing plastic container having a neck, sidewall and base, comprising an open neck portion to form the neck, a sidewall portion to form the sidewall and a closed end base portion to form the base, the preform defining interior and exterior surfaces which are ever decreasing in diameter from the open neck to the closed base, wherein an annular thickened portion is provided to form a reinforced annular chime region in the container once formed, the entire thickness of the thickened portion being thicker than the sidewall portion and thicker than the preform between the thickened portion and the closed end of the base portion, the closed end base portion including an exterior annular concavity between said thickened portion and the closed end.
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