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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:
Oct. 25, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas B Sager, Newtown, CT (US);
Assignee:
Branson Ultrasonics Corporation, Newtown, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 69 ; 53485 ; 53489 ; 156 731 ; 1565802 ; 264 23 ;
Abstract
A method for sealing the neck of a thermoplastic container to a thermoplastic cap superposed upon the neck and the cap having a lateral edge extending beyond the periphery of the neck using an ultrasonic welding apparatus includes an ultrasonic resonator having a domical internal cavity in its output end for reshaping the lateral edge of the cap in order to form a peripheral bead along the interface between the cap and the neck of the container.