Graham Packaging Company, L.p.

Other

Novartis Ag

Philip Sheets

Paul V Kelley

Kent Goss

Ted Lyon

Charles A Ryl-Kuchar

John E Denner

Scott E Bysick

Takao Iizuka

Masaaki Sasaki

David B Heisner

Justin A Howell

Eric Ungrady

Dean Lindsay

John Wolf

Jim Dunman

Jamie Degroff

Joey Suntken

Paul Kelley

The present invention relates to a base assembly () for forming a base portion of a plastic container. The base assembly comprises a base pedestal (), a base mold attached to the base pedestal, a push rod () movable between a first position and a second position with respect to the base mold to reposition a portion of the plastic container, and an activation mechanism adapted to move the push rod between the first position and the second position.

Method and apparatus for forming stretch blow molded containers

Plastic container that is to be filled with a hot product includes a threaded neck portion, a base portion including a standing surface and a moveable element, and a body portion including a dome portion, first and second label stop portions, a supplemental vacuum panel and a sidewall relatively free of structural geometry that surrounds an interior of the body portion. During cooling, the hot product is contracted so as to create an induced vacuum. The supplemental vacuum panel is configured and operative to remove a first portion of an induced vacuum, and the moveable element is configured and operative to move from a first position to a second position to remove a second portion of the vacuum, wherein the first portion of the vacuum and the second portion of the vacuum constitute substantially the entire vacuum.

Container handling system

A system for processing a simplified plastic container (C) that is to be filled with a hot product includes the step of blow-molding parison to form a container body, where the container body has a neck, a base, a side surface relatively free of structural geometry that surrounds an interior of the container body and, prior to being filled with the hot product, a projection () extending from the container body. After the container body is filled with a hot product in a production line, the neck of the filled container body is capped with a cap and then, the container body is cooled. During the cooling operation, the hot product is contracted so that the projection extending from the container can be pushed (P) into the container body like a traditional push-up so that the resultant, filled and cooled container body is relatively free of structural geometry.

A process for efficiently conveying containers along a table-top conveying system includes the steps of temporarily securing a transfer stabilizing support () to a bottom end of a formed container () so that the container can freely move along a production line using the table-top conveying system where the transfer stabilizing support has a bottom surface () with an opening (), a sidewall () extending substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface, and a ridge area () surrounding the opening and inside the sidewall of the support; and after the container has gone through operations of the production line, the transfer stabilizing support is removed so that aesthetic qualities of the formed container shape are revealed.

System for conveying odd-shaped containers

A plastic container comprises a sidewall including an upper end and a lower end, a base connected to the lower end of the sidewall, a dome connected to the upper end of the sidewall, the dome including a finish portion adapted to receive a closure, first and second primary grip panels recessed into the dome, first and second secondary grip panels recessed into the dome, and a plurality of support columns located on the dome, with a support column located between each adjacent pair of primary and secondary grip panels.

Plastic container having gripping portions

Process and device for conveying odd-shaped containers

Bottle

A device for fracturing a defective preform for use in blowmolding is claimed. The preform has head end and a tail end and the device comprises a tube with walls defining a cavity for accepting the defective preform while the defective preform is on a core of an injection molding apparatus, an attachment element that attaches the tube to the injection molding apparatus, and locates the tube relative to the core; and a percussion instrument that contacts and breaks the defective preform at the tail end of the preform.

Device and method for removal of preforms

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York, PA, United States of America

Philip Sheets