Process for making labeled containers using a stretch blow molding process
AssigneeEastman Chemical Company
InventorsMarcus David Shelby, Michael Eugene Donelson
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Abstract
A new process for making a labeled container using a stretch blow molding process wherein a label sleeve is positioned over at least a portion of the exterior surface of a preform to produce a sleeved preform and the sleeved preform is stretch blow molded to produce a labeled container having a snug-fit label.
Claims22
A process for making a labeled container using a blow molding process, comprising:
- positioning an unoriented film label sleeve over at least a portion of the exterior surface of a preform to produce a sleeved preform;
- and
- blow molding the sleeved preform to produce a labeled container.
A process for making a labeled container using a blow molding process, comprising:
- positioning a label sleeve over at least a portion of the exterior surface of a preform to produce a sleeved preform;
- and
- blow molding the sleeved preform to produce a labeled container, wherein the label sleeve is made from a polymer that can distort without tearing at temperatures of from about 23° C. to about 110° C.
A process for making a labeled container using a blow molding process, comprising:
- positioning a label sleeve over at least a portion of the exterior surface of a preform to produce a sleeved preform;
- and
- blow molding the sleeved preform to produce a labeled container, wherein the label sleeve is made from a polymer that has a glass transition temperature less than the selected blow temperature.
A sleeved preform useful for making a labeled container, comprising:
- a preform useful in a blow molding process for producing containers;
- and
- an unoriented film label sleeve fitted over at least a portion of the exterior surface of the preform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.