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Methods for reducing post-mold shrinkage of hollow oriented polyethylene terephthalate containers
Assignee: Graham Packaging Plastic Products Inc
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Filing: 1983-02-09
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Granted: 1984-11-13
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Expires: 2003-02-09
Abstract
Abstract A method is disclosed for reducing post-molding shrinkage of a hollow oriented polyethylene terephthalate container; the method including the steps of: (1) bringing a polyethylene terephthalate parison to orientation temperature, (2) blow molding the parison to provide a biaxially oriented container with larger dimensions than desired in the final container, (3) heating the blow molded container for a time and temperature sufficient to shrink the container to the desired size whereby substantially all the time-temperature dependent shrinkage is accomplished.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas E. Brady, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 12:57
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C49/00; B29C49/42; B29C49/64; B29C49/6472; B29C71/00; B29C71/02; B29C61/00; B29C61/02; B29K; B29K2067/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S264/00; Y10S264/90; Y10S264/909
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A method for reducing post-molding shrinkage in storage at room temperature of a hollow oriented polyethylene terephthalate container; the method providing the steps of: (1) bringing a polyethylene terephthalate parison to orientation temperation, (2) blow molding the parison to provide a biaxially oriented container with larger dimensions than desired in the final container, (3) heating the blow molded container at about 140° F. to 170° F. for about 10 minutes to seven seconds to shrink the container to the desired size whereby at least about 95% of the total time-temperature dependent shrinkage which would subsequently occur at about room temperature for a time up to about 100,000 hours is accomplished without substantial distortion of the container, the lower temperature in step (3) requiring the longer time and the higher temperature requiring the shorter time, the heating being done without restraining the container and without cyrstallizing the polyethylene terephthalate container to stabilize the same against shrinkage.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
155 words
A method for reducing post-molding shrinkage in storage at room temperature of a hollow oriented polyethylene terephthalate container; the method providing the steps of: (1) bringing a polyethylene terephthalate parison to orientation temperation, (2) blow molding the parison to provide a biaxially oriented container with larger dimensions than desired in the final container, (3) heating the blow molded container at about 140° F. to 170° F. for about 10 minutes to seven seconds to shrink the container to the desired size whereby at least about 95% of the total time-temperature dependent shrinkage which would subsequently occur at about room temperature for a time up to about 100,000 hours is accomplished without substantial distortion of the container, the lower temperature in step (3) requiring the longer time and the higher temperature requiring the shorter time, the heating being done without restraining the container and without cyrstallizing the polyethylene terephthalate container to stabilize the same against shrinkage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as defined in claim 1 in which step (3) is conducted at about 150° F. for about 3 minutes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as defined in claim 1 in which step (3) is conducted at about 170° F. for about 6 seconds.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as defined in claim 1 in which step (3) shrinks the container at least about 98% of the time-temperature dependent shrinkage so that only an insignificant amount of shrinkage will occur after extended storage under normal use conditions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as defined in claim 1 in which the container of step (2) is made at least about 2% larger in volume than desired in the final container.
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