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Process for the production of a blank for subsequent shaping by blow-molding
Assignee: Rexam AB
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Filing: 1980-05-30
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Granted: 1983-04-19
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Expires: 2000-05-30
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a tubular pre-moulding of a thermoplastic, suitable for subsequent blow-moulding shaping to give containers, and to a process and equipment for producing such pre-moulding. In a tube, future mouth portions and portions of adjacent neck sections are moulded to pre-mouldings, preferably from two mutually joined blank parts, by an axial stretch process and a blow-moulding process, the parts in the transition between the mouth portions being severed in order to form two separate blank parts. A tubular pre-moulding is produced after closing one end of the particular blank part and, if necessary, reworking in order to obtain the requisite closing face at the other end.
Inventors
- 👤 Kjell M. Jakobsen
- 👤 Claes T. Nilsson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 13:52
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C49/00; B29C49/28; B29C49/30; B29C49/36; B29B; B29B13/00; B29B13/02; B29B13/023; B29B13/024; B29C31/00; B29C31/002; B29C49/071; B29C49/08; B29C49/10; B29C49/14; B29C55/00; B29C55/22; B29C69/00; B29C69/001; B29C43/00; B29C43/32; B29C43/36; B29C43/361; B29C2043/3615; B29C2043/3631; B29C2043/3676; B29C2043/3689; B29C2949/00; B29C2949/07; B29C2949/072; B29C2949/0724; B29C2949/073; B29C2949/0731; B29C2949/0732; B29C2949/0733; B29C2949/076; B29C2949/0768; B29C2949/077; B29C2949/0772; B29C2949/0773; B29C2949/0777; B29C2949/0779; B29C2949/079; B29C2949/08; B29C2949/081; B29C2949/0811; B29C2949/20; B29C2949/22; B29C2949/24; B29C2949/26; B29C2949/28; B29C2949/30; B29C2949/3024; B29C2949/3041; B29C48/00; B29C48/001; B29C48/0011; B29C48/0017; B29C48/0018; B29C48/0022; B29C48/03; B29C48/09; B29C48/10; B29C48/13; B29K; B29K2067/00; B29K2077/00; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/25; B29K2105/253; B29K2105/258; B29K2995/00; B29K2995/0037; B29K2995/0041; B29K2995/005; B29K2995/0051; B29L; B29L2023/00; B29L2023/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
A process for the manufacture of a tubular pre-moulding from a thermoplastic material comprising the steps of axially stretching a tube of the thermoplastic material to a substantially reduced material thickness in at least a central zone of a tube while substantially maintaining the diameter of the tube in the axially stretched section in said central zone, the reduction being by a factor sufficient to cause yielding and orienting of the material substantially in the axial direction of the future pre-moulding, the axial stretching of the tube being effected at a temperature not greater than the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic material, heating the material in one of the oriented zones to a temperature above the glass transition temperature and expanding said material in the radial direction of the tube until it makes contact with mould walls to form a mouth part with adjacent neck sections of the pre-moulding, cooling the material to a temperature below the glass transition temperature, heating the material in at least one end of the tube to a temperature above the glass transition temperature, and reshaping said end to form the closure of the pre-moulding.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
A process for the manufacture of a tubular pre-moulding from a thermoplastic material comprising the steps of axially stretching a tube of the thermoplastic material to a substantially reduced material thickness in at least a central zone of a tube while substantially maintaining the diameter of the tube in the axially stretched section in said central zone, the reduction being by a factor sufficient to cause yielding and orienting of the material substantially in the axial direction of the future pre-moulding, the axial stretching of the tube being effected at a temperature not greater than the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic material, heating the material in one of the oriented zones to a temperature above the glass transition temperature and expanding said material in the radial direction of the tube until it makes contact with mould walls to form a mouth part with adjacent neck sections of the pre-moulding, cooling the material to a temperature below the glass transition temperature, heating the material in at least one end of the tube to a temperature above the glass transition temperature, and reshaping said end to form the closure of the pre-moulding.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
74 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein, during the radial expansion of the material, two mouth parts, in locations facing one another, with adjacent neck sections for two future pre-mouldings are formed and, after cooling to a temperature below the glass transition temperature, the tube is severed at the transition between the two future mouth parts in order to form two separate blank parts, each of the latter by itself forming a tubular pre-moulding.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A process according to claims 1 or 2, wherein the material in the zone envisaged for axial stretching, is heated to a temperature above the glass transition temperature before the material is stretched in the axial direction of the tube.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
72 words
A process according to claims 1 or 2, wherein the material in the zone for axial stretching is, before stretching, at an initial temperature which is substantially below the glass transition temperature of the material, and that on stretching the material is caused to flow, at least in an annular zone which is displaced in the axial direction of the tube with simultaneous substantial reduction in the thickness of the tube wall.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the zone envisaged for axial stretching has at least one annular zone subjected to an external pressure, the flow during the axial stretching of the material starting in the zone subjected to pressure.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein during the radial expansion of the material in the zone having a reduced thickness of material, neck sections are formed which are stretched in the circumferential direction of the material by a factor of more than 2.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the thermoplastic material is selected from the group consisting of a polyester or polyamide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the zone envisaged for axial stretching has at least one annular zone in which the temperature exceeds the temperature of the adjacent material by from 3° to 20° C., the flow during the axial stretching of the material starting in the zone of elevated temperature.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
63 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the thermoplastic material is polyethylene terephthalate and orientation of the material in the stretched portion of the tube by axial stretching is adjusted to effect an increase in glass transition temperature in said stretched portion such that in the formation of a container by blow-moulding the pre-moulding, said container will have equalized glass transition temperature therethroughout.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 9 wherein the polyethylene terephthalate material is stretched to yielding by a reduction of thickness of at least about 3.
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