Dual-chamber container and closure package
AssigneeGraham Packaging Plastic Products, Inc.
InventorGregory A. Geisinger
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Abstract
A one-piece integrally molded container includes a finish having a deck and a pair of outlet openings surrounded by associated annular walls. A peripheral ring extends upwardly from the deck, and has a radial lip that helps retain the container in the mold tooling during the forming operation. The finish has a radial bead over which a bead on the inside diameter of a closure skirt snaps to secure the closure to the container. Annular walls on the closure surrounding the closure dispensing openings are received in plug sealing engagement within the annular walls surrounding the outlet openings on the container finish deck.
Claims5
A method of making a one-piece dual-chamber plastic container that comprises the steps of
- (a) injection molding a container finish that includes a deck and a pair of spaced outlet openings in said deck,
- (b) extruding from said finish a hollow tubular body having a peripheral wall extending from a periphery of said finish, and a wall extending from said deck between said openings and dividing said body into separate chambers
- (c) capturing said tubular body between mold segments,
- (d) blowing said peripheral wall within said mold segments by application of air to said chambers through said openings, and
- (c) removing the container from said mold segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.