US5653265A
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Hollow plastic product
Assignee: Excell Corp
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Filing: 1993-11-24
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Granted: 1997-08-05
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Expires: 2013-11-24
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for manufacturing a hollow plastic product is provided. In accordance with one aspect, into a mold half having a tubular groove portion and a projecting groove portion which projects outwardly from the tubular groove section is supplied a parison into the tubular groove portion and a clump of molding material into the projecting groove portion. When blow molding is carried out by introducing a pressurized gas into the parison, the clump becomes integrated with the parison thereby providing a hollow plastic product of unitary structure. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a parison extrusion nozzle is provided with at least two passages each of which is connected, preferably through a valve, to a corresponding dispensing unit for dispensing a desired molding material. A control unit is provided as connected to each of the dispensing units to control the supply of molding material so that there is obtained a parison having regions of different molding materials.
Inventors
- 👤 Tatsuya Nakagawa
- 👤 Yasuo Ezaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 19:58
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C49/00; B29C49/02; B29C49/04; B29C48/00; B29C48/03; B29C48/09; B29C48/13; B29C48/131; B29C48/16; B29C48/18; B29C48/19; B29C48/21; B29C48/25; B29C48/255; B29C48/269; B29C48/2692; B29C48/30; B29C48/32; B29C48/335; B29C48/337; B29C48/338; B29C48/34; B29C48/36; B29C48/49; B29C48/92; B29C49/071; B29C49/22; B29C49/42; B29C49/4242; B29C2948/00; B29C2948/92; B29C2948/92504; B29C2948/92514; B29C2948/9258; B29C2948/926; B29C2948/92819; B29C2948/92857; B29C2948/92876; B29C2948/92885; B29C2948/92904; B29C2949/00; B29C2949/30; B29C2949/3006; B29C48/001; B29C48/0017; B29C48/10; B29K; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/25; B29K2105/253; B29K2105/258; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/24; B29L2031/712; B29L2031/7158; B29L2031/716; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/131; Y10T428/1317; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/139; Y10T428/1393
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
A blow-molded plastic pipe comprising: a first plastic portion extending over a first length of said pipe and comprised of a first resin material; a second plastic portion extending over a second length of said pipe and comprised of a second resin material, said second plastic portion being connected to said first plastic portion at a first interface between said first resin material and said second resin material; and a third plastic portion extending over a third length of said pipe and comprised of the first resin material, said third plastic portion being connected to said second plastic portion at a second interface between said second resin material and said first resin material of said third plastic portion, wherein (a) said second portion includes a bellows structure, the bellows structure being formed of essentially the second material; and (b) wherein the first interface and the second interface are each a gradual substantially circumferentially uniform transition thereby to yield a gradual change in mechanical strength from the first portion to the second portion and from the second portion to the third portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
181 words
A blow-molded plastic pipe comprising: a first plastic portion extending over a first length of said pipe and comprised of a first resin material; a second plastic portion extending over a second length of said pipe and comprised of a second resin material, said second plastic portion being connected to said first plastic portion at a first interface between said first resin material and said second resin material; and a third plastic portion extending over a third length of said pipe and comprised of the first resin material, said third plastic portion being connected to said second plastic portion at a second interface between said second resin material and said first resin material of said third plastic portion, wherein (a) said second portion includes a bellows structure, the bellows structure being formed of essentially the second material; and (b) wherein the first interface and the second interface are each a gradual substantially circumferentially uniform transition thereby to yield a gradual change in mechanical strength from the first portion to the second portion and from the second portion to the third portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The plastic pipe of claim 1, wherein said first resin material is a thermoplastic material and said second resin material is also a thermoplastic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
158 words
A blow-molded plastic pipe comprising: a first plastic portion extending over a first length of said pipe and consisting of a first resin material; a second plastic portion extending over a second length of said pipe and consisting of a second resin material, said second plastic portion being connected to said first plastic portion at a first interface between said first resin material and said second resin material; and a third plastic portion extending over a third length of said pipe and consisting of the first resin material, said third plastic portion being connected to said second plastic portion at a second interface between said second resin material and said first resin material of said third plastic portion, wherein the second plastic portion comprises a bellows structure and wherein the bellows structure consists of a softer material than said first plastic portion and said third plastic portion, and wherein the first and third plastic portions comprise non-bellows structures.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
158 words
A blow-molded plastic pipe comprising: a first plastic portion extending over a first length of said pipe and consisting of a first resin material; a second plastic portion extending over a second length of said pipe and consisting of a second resin material, said second plastic portion being connected to said first plastic portion at a first interface between said first resin material and said second resin material; and a third plastic portion extending over a third length of said pipe and consisting of the first resin material, said third plastic portion being connected to said second plastic portion at a second interface between said second resin material and said first resin material of said third plastic portion, wherein the second plastic portion comprises a bellows structure and wherein the bellows structure consists of a softer material than said first plastic portion and said third plastic portion, and wherein the first and third plastic portions comprise non-bellows structures.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
265 words
A blow-molded plastic pipe comprising: a first plastic portion extending over a first length of said pipe and comprised of a first resin material; a second plastic portion extending over a second length of said pipe and comprised of a second resin material, said second plastic portion being connected to said first plastic portion at a first interface between said first resin material and said second resin material; a third plastic portion extending over a third length of said pipe and comprised of the first resin material, said third plastic portion being connected to said second plastic portion at a second interface between said second resin material and said first resin material of said third plastic portion; a first substantially circumferentially uniform transition region between the first plastic portion and the second plastic portion; and a second substantially circumferentially uniform transition region between the second plastic portion and the third plastic portion; wherein the interface between the first portion and the second portion occurs in the first substantially circumferentially uniform transition region and said interface is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the resulting blow-molded plastic pipe thereby to form a gradual change in mechanical strength between the first plastic portion and the second plastic portion; and wherein the interface between the second portion and the third portion occurs in the second substantially circumferentially uniform transition region and said interface is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the resulting blow-molded plastic pipe thereby to yield a gradual change in mechanical strength between the second plastic portion and the third plastic portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
265 words
A blow-molded plastic pipe comprising: a first plastic portion extending over a first length of said pipe and comprised of a first resin material; a second plastic portion extending over a second length of said pipe and comprised of a second resin material, said second plastic portion being connected to said first plastic portion at a first interface between said first resin material and said second resin material; a third plastic portion extending over a third length of said pipe and comprised of the first resin material, said third plastic portion being connected to said second plastic portion at a second interface between said second resin material and said first resin material of said third plastic portion; a first substantially circumferentially uniform transition region between the first plastic portion and the second plastic portion; and a second substantially circumferentially uniform transition region between the second plastic portion and the third plastic portion; wherein the interface between the first portion and the second portion occurs in the first substantially circumferentially uniform transition region and said interface is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the resulting blow-molded plastic pipe thereby to form a gradual change in mechanical strength between the first plastic portion and the second plastic portion; and wherein the interface between the second portion and the third portion occurs in the second substantially circumferentially uniform transition region and said interface is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the resulting blow-molded plastic pipe thereby to yield a gradual change in mechanical strength between the second plastic portion and the third plastic portion.
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