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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Graham Packaging Company, L.p., Lancaster, PA (US);
Inventors:
Ralph Armstrong, Weston, CT (US);
Thomas E. Nahill, Amherst, NH (US);
Keith J. Barker, Bedford, NH (US);
Brian A. Lynch, Merrimack, NH (US);
Assignee:
GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P., Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 83/38 (2006.01); B29C 49/06 (2006.01); B65D 83/44 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 83/38 (2013.01); B29C 49/06 (2013.01); B65D 83/44 (2013.01); B29K 2067/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a plastic aerosol container, including, providing a preform having a finish portion, blow molding a plastic container from the preform, and reforming the finish portion so that an inner surface thereof has an undercut defined therein proximate an upper rim fo the finish portion. The undercut includes a substantially horizontal orientation and reforming the finish portion is performed after providing a preform.