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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370770 | Container assembly and bottom cap therefor There is provided a container having a container with open end, and a bottom cap has a sealant material bonded thereto to provide a hermetic seal between the bottom cap and the open bottom of the container and a grip surface through or slightly beyond the exterior s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7169342 | Injection molding of tubular plastic products A hollow plastic product with a substantially tubular section, two open ends and a thread at the outside of one end of the product is manufactured by injection molding a plastic product with a substantially tubular section, an open end, a closed end and a thread at ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6938833 | Vehicle air freshener A vehicle air freshener is constructed to include a bottle holding a color fluid and a volatile liquid perfume floating on the color fluid, a socket fastened to the bottle neck of the bottle to hold an absorptive core member that dissipates the volatile liquid perfu... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6719159 | Container assembly and bottom cap therefor There is provided a container having a container with open end, and a bottom cap has a sealant material bonded thereto to provide a hermetic seal between the bottom cap and the open bottom of the container and a grip surface through or slightly beyond the exterior s... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6637612 | Container with improved bottom recess A container bottom for minimizing deformnation. An outer rounded portion, an inner recessed portion, being generally ellipse shaped, and an offset portion extending along the inner recessed portion are adapted to minimize bulging caused by increased ambie... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6413595 | Modular disk coextrusion die A coextrusion die includes a plurality of annular cells stacked on top of each other. Each annular cell includes a plurality of openings aligned with openings in the adjacent cell, thus forming multiple streams. Plastic melt may be supplied to the die cop... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6142325 | Container assembly and bottom cap therefor There is provided a container having a container with open end, and a bottom cap has a sealant material bonded thereto to provide a hermetic seal between the bottom cap and the open bottom of the container and a grip surface through or slightly beyond the... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6105814 | Colored reflacting cup A colored refracting cup includes a cup body, a recess chamber formed in a bottom of the cup body, the recess chamber having multi-angle cut faces, and a bottom cap fused with the bottom of the cup body by means of supersonic welding process. An adornment... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5853829 | Refillable polyester container and preform for forming the same This relates to a returnable/refillable container in the form of a blow molded polyester biaxially oriented bottle wherein the container includes a domed base construction wherein the wall thickness gradually and smoothly increases to a maximum at the cen... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5814383 | Containers with improved crease-crack resistance A container with improved crease-crack resistance and a method of making that type of container. The container utilizes a layer of a soft plastic on its exterior to control cracking at outward creases. When the container holds motor oil, the oil itself ma... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5799809 | Blow molded container and blow mold thereof A blow molded container of the present invention is a container formed by blow molding in which a single-layer or multi-layer parison comprising a cylindrical resin material is heated and inflated by air in a mold, wherein a bottom sealing portion formed ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5648133 | Biaxially oriented crystalline resin container and process of making the same A resin container has a bottom structure which has a central recessed portion containing substantially no crystal, a marginal raised portion crystallized by molecular orientation, and an intermediate ring-shaped portion crystallized to have spherulite-lik... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5582957 | Resuspension optimization for photographic nanosuspensions A method for storing nanoparticulate suspensions of photographically useful compounds is disclosed that comprises the steps of: providing a suspension of nanoparticulate photographically useful chemical substance in the form of a solid particle dispersion; pro... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5503886 | Reverse lip blow molding The present invention is directed to a blow molded article and an apparatus and method for blow molding the article. The article contemplated by the present invention includes a recessed lip. The apparatus includes two plates reciprocally movable toward a... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5465856 | Plastic container having injection-molded container components A container constituted of injection-molded plastic components, the components having the property of enabling discrete particles thereof to be securely joined to each other under the action of heat and pressure. The injection-molded components form a pai... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5407086 | Bottle A bottle has a high strength against pressure-reduction without reducing the internal content. The bottle is made up of a circular bottom; a barrel portion extending upwardly from the outer peripheral edge of the bottom portion; and a plurality of recesse... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5346106 | Container having no-glug pouring spout A blow molded plastic container having a small diameter vent tube integrally molded on the top wall and forming an air vent passageway between the pouring spout opening and the chamber in the bottle. A substantially larger hollow handle, closed at both en... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5217128 | Thermoplastic bottle with reinforcing ribs A relatively large water bottle is blow molded from thermoplastic material and includes a generally cylindrical body, a generally frustoconical top breast at the upper end of the body, and a filling and dispensing neck extending upwardly from the central ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5148930 | Biaxial-orientation blow-molded bottle-shaped container having opposed recesses and grooves for stable gripping and anti-buckling stiffness A blow-molded bottle-shaped container of biaxially oriented thermoplastic synthetic resin includes a pair of recesses depressed inwardly on the right and left side parts of a rear half portion substantially at the central height position of a cylindrical ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4954376 | Two material three/five layer preform A plastic preform from which a plastic container is blow molded. The preform replaces a three layer preform by providing a preform which is of a five layer construction in the base forming portion thereof and wherein a secondary material which forms the c... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4952134 | Apparatus for forming a blow-molded bottle with bi-axially stretched skirt Apparatus for forming a self-standing skirt on the pressure bottom of a blow-molded carbonate beverage container. The preform is formed with an annular depending skirt, and the skirt is stretched with a stretch mechanism which engages all but a lower port... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4928860 | Dispensing container A dispensing container adapted to dispense viscous, slow-flow materials in such a manner that they may be entirely removed from such container. At least one of the walls comprising the container is provided with an alternate supporting surface which in co... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4927764 | Tissue culture flask A tissue culture flask having a flat bottom wall with optical properties on the inner surface of which cells are grown. A top wall opposite the bottom wall has a large opening therethrough which provides access to the growing surface for the removal of ce... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4919284 | Plastic container with ring stabilized base A plastic container is provided which includes a stabilizing ring attached to the base structure of a blow molded bottle for improving the vertical stability to the container when supported upon a horizontal surface. The container includes a plastic bottl... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4913945 | Process for blow-molding and heat setting of polyester hollow formed body Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a heat-resistant polyester hollow formed body, which comprises mounting a preform of a thermoplastic polyester composed mainly of ethylene terephthalate units, which is maintained at a temperature where high-s... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4865533 | Apparatus for fabricating a wide-mouth plastic container from a stretch blow-molded intermediate article An apparatus is provided for fabricating a wide-mouth plastic container, having an annular flange extending radially outwardly at the wide-mouth, from a stretch blow-molded intermediate article, having a dome-like accommodation portion extending radially-... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4806092 | Apparatus for manufacturing a plastic hollow body open on one end and closed on the other In an apparatus for manufacturing a plastic hollow body which hollow body is open on one end and closed on the other, for the forming of a head piece a withdrawal device rests on a ring-shaped nozzle having a ring-shaped nozzle having a ring-shaped nozzle... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4806093 | Apparatus comprising a ring-shaped nozzle, for manufacturing a hollow body comprised of plastic material In an apparatus comprised of a ring-shaped nozzle in a nozzle piece, which ring-shaped nozzle has a reciprocally movable nozzle cone piece, wherewith the cone piece and nozzle piece together define a ring-shaped nozzle opening, it is desired to modify the... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4806091 | Apparatus for manufacturing a plastic hollow body with a blow-molded body part In an apparatus for manufacturing a hollow body, the hollow body comprises an injection-molded head piece, a body part formed by blow molding a preform segment which segment is integral with the head piece. The apparatus comprises a ring-shaped nozzle whe... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4796766 | Plastic container and method of forming same This relates to blow molded containers, and particularly to the formation of blow molded containers formed of a plastic material which is subjectable to a high degree of biaxial orientation for maximum strength. Two containers are formed in each blow mold... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4775564 | Collapsible-stable blown container A molded extensible-collapsible container having a series of flutes, in the generic sense, in its side to permit the container when subjected to an external force to move to a collapsed position or to the extended position when preferably the yield point ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4762241 | Container with supplemental opening for extracting contents A container especially for use with viscous substances has both a primary opening and a supplemental opening. The primary opening is at an upper point in the container, whereby contents are extracted due to gravity, when tilting the container. A supplemen... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4755404 | Refillable polyester beverage bottle and preform for forming same A returnable/refillable container in the form of a blow molded polyester biaxially oriented bottle having a physical and structural relationship providing for the maintenance of aesthetic and functional viability over a minimum of five trips wherein each ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4739963 | Ice molds A structural ice mold of the large, single use type, preferably made of FDA approved low density polyethylene plastic, is rotationally molded into a shape forming a hollow cavity on the inside thereof which defines the ice sculpture or figurine to be form... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4712700 | Tamper resistant bottle The present invention provides a tamper resistant bottle to prevent and deter persons from injecting contaminated substances into bottles containing liquids, from removing the solid contents of the bottle, changing their composition, replacing the content... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4603831 | Mold core member for use in a mold unit for injection molding a plastic material preform for a blow molded container A method and apparatus for the forming of a champagne bottom plastic bottle wherein the bottom is reinforced by internal radiating ribs which are formed by solid material. The bottle is formed in the customary manner by utilizing a preform which has molde... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4227615 | Medicine container A medicine container of opaque or translucent material is provided with an aperture to allow one to clearly view the contents of the container. In one embodiment of the invention, the container is characterized by a transparent window in the cylindrical s... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4048361 | Composite material A materials composite having improved resistance to permeation by unwanted substances, especially gas permeation. The composite includes a first layer of a barrier having partial resistance to permeation and a second layer adhered to the first layer. The ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4019645 | Crucible of fused vitreous silica A crucible of pure transparent silica glass or pure translucent or opaque silica glass for the production of monocrystals used in making semiconductor elements which includes a hollow cylindrical part and a welded-on head. The head end of the hollow cylin... | 04/26/1977 |
