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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Illycaffe' S.p.a., Trieste, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Illycaffe' S.p.A., , IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 51/26 (2006.01); B29C 51/02 (2006.01); B29C 51/08 (2006.01); B29C 51/42 (2006.01); B29L 31/56 (2006.01); B29C 43/36 (2006.01); B29C 51/04 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 51/265 (2013.01); B29C 51/02 (2013.01); B29C 51/087 (2013.01); B29C 51/262 (2013.01); B29C 51/428 (2013.01); B29C 43/361 (2013.01); B29C 51/04 (2013.01); B29C 51/424 (2013.01); B29C 2791/007 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0054 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0081 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/256 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0081 (2013.01); B29L 2031/565 (2013.01); B29L 2031/712 (2013.01); Y10T 428/15 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method for making objects by forming a thermoformable sheet material includes forming the objects by interaction of a die assembly and a forming assembly. The method further includes, compressing and crushing a first portion of the sheet material by a crushing punch device before forming the objects and maintaining the first portion crushed during the forming operation to reduce the thickness thereof and to orientate chains of molecules that compose a structure of the sheet material at the first portion, in order to weaken the structure and the first portion. The first portion is thus easily perforable, tearable and breakable.