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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Amcor Rigid Packaging Usa, Llc, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Michael T. Lane, Brooklyn, MI (US);
Assignee:
AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C 3/22 (2006.01); B29C 49/42 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 61/00 (2006.01); B65D 23/10 (2006.01); B65D 79/00 (2006.01); B67C 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C 3/22 (2013.01); B29C 49/4273 (2013.01); B65B 7/28 (2013.01); B65B 61/00 (2013.01); B65D 79/0081 (2020.05); B67C 3/045 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7158 (2013.01); B65B 2220/24 (2013.01); B65D 23/102 (2013.01); B67C 2003/226 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for hot-filling a polymeric container with heated product. The method includes mechanically inverting a base of the polymeric container prior to the heated product cooling in order to create a positive pressure within the container prior to cooling, and a vacuum in the container after cooling.