US4435453A
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Saturated preform and method for preparation thereof
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-07-19
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Granted: 1984-03-06
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Expires: 2002-07-19
Abstract
Abstract Presaturated plastic preforms suitable for use in preparing molecularly oriented hollow articles from thermoplastic materials are obtained by adding controlled amounts of a saturant gas, under pressure, into a molten polymer stream residing in the screw channels of a screw plasticizer in a preform injection molding machine. The polymer so treated is then injected into cooled preform molds to obtain the desired article.
Inventors
- 👤 Wolf R. Vieth
- 👤 Leonard B. Ryder
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 04:41
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C49/00; B29C49/0005; B29B; B29B11/00; B29B11/06; B29B11/08; B29C45/00; B29C45/0001; B29C2949/00; B29C2949/07; B29C2949/0861; B29C2949/0872; B29C2949/20; B29C2949/22; B29C2949/24; B29C2949/26; B29C2949/28; B29C2949/30; B29C2949/3024; B29C2949/3032; B29K; B29K2067/00; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/25; B29K2105/253; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/91; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/1397
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
26 words
Biaxially oriented hollow thermoplastic article having walls which are saturated with a dissolved presaturant gas selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, dichlorodifluoromethane, and oxygen.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
26 words
Biaxially oriented hollow thermoplastic article having walls which are saturated with a dissolved presaturant gas selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, dichlorodifluoromethane, and oxygen.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
9 words
Article in accordance with claim 1 comprising polyethylene terephthalate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
Article in accordance with claim 2 wherein said gas is carbon dioxide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
Article in accordance with claim 2 wherein said gas is dichlorodifluoromethane.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
Article in accordance with claim 2 wherein the walls are supersaturated with a presaturant gas.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
Article in accordance with claim 5 wherein said gas is carbon dioxide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
11 words
Article in accordance with claim 5 wherein said gas is dichlorofluoromethane.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
Article in accordance with claim 1 wherein said gas is carbon dioxide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
11 words
Article in accordance with claim 1 wherein said gas is dichlorodifluoromethane.
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