Injection molded plastic bucket with an integrally moulded carry handle

Abstract

The invention, which relates to an injection-molded plastic bucket with a bottom, a wall expanding conically from there to the upper edge and a carrying handle, where the upper edge of the wall is provided with receiving elements for a carrying handle at diametrically opposite points, and a process for manufacturing an injection-molded plastic bucket, is based on the task of specifying a plastic bucket and a process for its manufacture, of which the technical outlay and, thus, the mold costs can be reduced and of which the universal utility of the molds can be improved, this task being solved in that the plastic bucket is molded in one piece, where the carrying handle is located in the parting surface between the hollow mold and the female mold during molding, the carrying handle is at least indirectly connected to the remaining bucket body via ties designed as predetermined breaking points, and pins protruding outwards are integrally molded on the upper edge at the locations of the receiving elements, these pins each being encircled by a carrying handle eye connected to the carrying handle, the ends of the pins being provided with securing elements to prevent the carrying handle eyes slipping off laterally when the ties are broken.

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