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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald G Sauer, Harwinton, CT (US);
Assignee:
National Can Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
425388 ; 425398 ; 425416 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a novel apparatus for thermoforming a plastic article wherein the male mold assembly and the female mold assembly are disposed on support members which are maintained in fixed relationship to each other during thermoforming operation. The sheet of thermoforming material after initial heating is trapped by clamping devices associated with the assemblies with the male die and female die molds associated with the male and female mold assemblies, respectively, being operated by fluid cylinder assemblies motivated by pressurized fluid.