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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976767 | Lightweight preform and method of manufacture A preform for use in blow molding a plastic container is disclosed herein. The preform has an open end and closed end, and a body adapted to form a body of the container when the container is blow molded. The preform further includes a finish having a top surface, a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7892478 | Catheter balloon mold form and molding process An immersion mold for a medical device balloon. The mold has a cavity adapted to receive a hollow parison expandable therein to form the balloon. The cavity has a length, a first end, a second end, and a cavity wall with inner and outer surfaces. The mold form cavit... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7674424 | Method and device for the blow-molding of containers The method and the device serve for the blow moulding of containers (2). Preforms (1) of a thermoplastic material are heated in the region of a heating path (24) and then transferred to a blowing device (25). The blowing device (25... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7666342 | Method of manufacturing a stent from a polymer tube A blow molding apparatus for expanding a polymer tube and a method for fabricating a stent using the apparatus is disclosed. The polymer tube is disposed within a tubular mold, over which a heated ring is made of a material having thermal conductivity greater than t... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7553441 | Polyester composition for hot fill applications, containers made therewith, and methods A container made by reheat stretch blow molding process comprises a poly(ethylene terephthalate) copolymer including levels of diethylene glycol lower than that generated as a byproduct in conventional resin manufacturing process and minor amounts of naphthalenedica... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7531125 | Blow molded wide mouth pet container and method of manufacture A method of making a wide mouth, blow molded PET plastic container having an externally threaded neck, the diameter and wall thickness of the neck and threads have a critical relationship to the diameter and wall thickness of the preform used to blow the intermediat... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7342059 | Polyester-polycarbonate blends useful for extrusion blow-molding Blends of polycarbonate and copolyester that are capable of being extrusion blow-molded are described. The blends preferably comprise (I) about 1 to 99% by weight of a linear or branched polycarbonate and (II) about 1 to 99% by weight of a mixture of (i) about 40 to... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316798 | Biaxial orientation blow molding process The double blow molding process comprises a primary blow molding step of biaxially drawing and blow molding the preform into a primary intermediate product, a step of heating the primary intermediate product to shrink-mold it into the secondary intermediate product,... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7306760 | Process and apparatus for producing bottle-shaped container made of synthetic resin A method for producing bottle-type containers made of a synthetic resin, e.g., polyethylene-terephthalate resin, includes a heat treatment step for heating and crystallizing a neck portion of a perform corresponding to a neck portion of a container. In a first stage... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303795 | Molding of polypropylene with enhanced reheat characteristics Bottles, containers and other articles are formed from polypropylene compositions that include a reheating agent, such as antimony, carbon black, graphite, titanium, copper, manganese, iron, tungsten, graphite, infra-red absorbing dyes or other infra-red absorbing m... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291811 | Oven for heating moving thermoplastic material container blanks An oven for heating moving thermoplastic blanks (preforms, intermediate containers), which includes conveying devices for supporting and moving the blanks sequentially while rotating each of them about its own axis. A heating device is arranged laterally to the conv... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7264464 | Cooling tube with a low friction coating An intimate fit preform cooling tube with an inner mating surface that includes a polymeric coating to increase its lubricity and thereby reduce friction with a preform to be engaged therewith. The cooling tube of the present invention substantially reduces or elimi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7220378 | Method and apparatus for the measurement and control of both the inside and outside surface temperature of thermoplastic preforms during stretch blow molding operations A stretch blow molding system that condition preforms such that the temperature distribution within the cross-section of each preform is optimized prior to blow molding operations is provided. The system has a temperature measurement and control system capable of di... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7157040 | Helical blow molding preform and method of manufacturing A multiple cavity bottle is manufactured by injection molding a preform having a helical septum and blow molding the preform to create a bottle having a helical septum separating the bottle into two cavities. The helical septum is molded with a twist sufficient to a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153455 | Method of making a stretch/blow molded article (bottle) with an integral projection such as a handle The method involves making a hollow blow molded thermoplastic article having an integral handle. An unblown preform of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is inserted into a blow mold and thereafter stretched by a stretch rod. Blow gas is then injected into the interio... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7121821 | Device for heating preforms provided with supporting ring A device for heating parisons made of a thermoplastic material and having a supporting ring for blow molding hollow bodies, having a conveyor means, a plurality of holding means which are arranged on the conveyor means and grip the head area of the parisons between ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7101597 | Medical devices made from polymer blends containing low melting temperature liquid crystal polymers A medical device, at least a portion of which is composed of a polymeric material in which the polymeric material is a melt blend product of at least two different thermoplastic polymers, one of the thermoplastic polymers being a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7063222 | Plastic container In a plastic container manufactured by melting blow molding a heated and molten parison extruded from an extruder, a mouth 3 and/or a specified part of a body 2 has a thicker thickness than the body proper. One or more thick parts of the body 2 ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7028519 | High throughput quick-plastic-forming A method of quick-plastic-forming a component from a sheet metal blank in multiple forming stages of single-action tooling along a transfer line. The blank is transferred from a prebending station to a preforming station along the transfer line, wherein the blank is... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997336 | Plastic cafare A plastic carafe includes a body portion having an enclosed base defined by a plurality of upstanding posts and a plurality of panels separating the posts from one another. The carafe further includes a neck portion having a blown finish at the top of the carafe tha... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976836 | Biaxial stretch blow molding method and apparatus for wide-mouthed containers In a biaxial stretch blow molding apparatus (10) for wide-mouthed containers, preforms (6) that are in an inverted state are conveyed on a single plane by preform carriers (40) that go around a carrier circuit (30) in the form of a loop, ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6964150 | Apparatus for supplying articles to a transferring line, in particular for feeding a container filling machine In an apparatus for feeding articles to a transferring line leading to a container filling machine, a conveyor moves a plurality of articles to an inlet section of the apparatus, where a plate moves vertically from the inlet section to an outlet section of the appar... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6957954 | Post-mold cooling apparatus The present invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for injection molding and cooling molded articles such as preforms so as to avoid crystallinity. The apparatus and method make use of a take-off plate for removing articles from a mold, which plate ma... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6946092 | Medical balloon Low polymer stress balloons are made by expanding a tube radially while allowing the ends of the tube to move axially in response to the radial expansion. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926859 | Method of forming container with high-crystallinity sidewall and low-crystallinity base A method of making a polyester container having an enhanced level of crystallinity in the sidewall while maintaining a low level of crystallinity in a thickened base portion. The container is particularly useful as a refillable container which can withstand higher c... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6888103 | Preform preheater A housing is mounted to a slide that transports a series of preforms downward under the influence of gravity through a pre-heating apparatus toward a reheat blow molding machine. The housing is coupled to the slide so that a selected portion of each of the series of... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6863856 | Slotted mold for making a catheter balloon A method of making a catheter balloon, and a balloon formed thereby, in which a polymeric tube is radially expanded in a mold having a wall with an outer surface and an inner surface defining a chamber, and having at least a section with one or more channels in the ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6841117 | Wide mouth blow molded plastic container, method of making same, and preform used therein A wide-mouth plastic container is formed from a preform that is blow-molded to form an intermediate container article that has blown threads located below a moil. The moil is severed above the blown threads to yield the finished container. A preform and process for ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6839652 | Method and device for predicting temperature profiles throughout the thickness of a polymer preform A method for determining the temperature distribution throughout the thickness of a preform used in a container reheat stretch blow molding process by measuring the outside surface temperature of a preform or series of preforms at least two times during the period t... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6814922 | Method and device for production of a blown container The invention relates to a method for the production of a container (45″), with an opening (53), whose opening axis (57) is at an angle to the container axis (23), whereby a blank (45) is introduced into a blowing mould (11, 1... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6811845 | Container preform assembly and method of manufacture A preform assembly for blow molding a container includes a molded plastic preform having a body and a neck with an external surface. The neck includes a plurality of spaced lands molded integrally with the neck and the body and defining the external surface of the n... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6787096 | Device for treating preforms to obtain containers made of plastics A device for treating preforms to obtain containers made of plastics, for example bottles for food applications, comprising an ejector adapted to pick up and release one or more preforms, arranged so that their neck is directed upwardly, a heating conveyor, and a un... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6770238 | Method and device for blow-forming containers The method and the device are used for blow forming containers of a thermoplastic material. The preforms that are used are first temperature treated and then shaped into containers in the area of at least one blow station. Moulds to define the container shape are he... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6730260 | Parts transfer method and apparatus for an injection stretch blow molding system The invention provides a method and apparatus for transferring parisons from an injection-molding machine to a blow-mold machine on an indexed table. The injection-molding machine creates multiple groups of parisons during an injection cycle. The groups from each cy... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6713013 | Single-row and multi-row stretch blow molding method and apparatus therefor In a single-row and expandable into a multi-row stretch blow molding method and apparatus, at least one row of tray plates in a tray unit is used to collect molded preforms ejected from the opening clamp of a preform-molding unit, transfer the preforms with or witho... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6692684 | Method and apparatus for producing a sterile packaging container The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for producing a sterile packaging container from a thermoplastic blank or preform which, during stepwise displacement between different processing stations (A-H), is subjected to a first heating to a tem... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6645422 | Method for manufacturing a balloon for a dilation catheter A method for forming a balloon for a dilation catheter is provided herein. The method includes the steps of: (i) positioning a tube in a preconditioned mold; (ii) expanding the tube in a preconditioned mold to form a parison; (iii) positioning the parison... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6620352 | Automated material distribution control for stretch blow molded articles A method for inspecting the material distribution of a sequence of stretch blow molded containers or other articles in a continuous production process, by providing injection molded parisons, each parison having at least one indicator, typically two or mo... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6599462 | Balloon catheter having non-bonded integral balloon and methods for its manufacture A method for manufacturing balloon catheters, and the catheters manufactured thereby. In accordance with the method, a workpiece comprising a tube-within-a-tube is placed within a mold, and a first region of the outer tube is distended into contact with t... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6572813 | Balloon forming process The present invention is directed to apparatus and method for forming balloons with improved dimensional stability and balloons formed by the same. The method of the present invention provides for a very accurate control of the temperature profile of the ... | 06/03/2003 |
