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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:
May. 19, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Guy E Carrow, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264310 ; 425429 ;
Abstract
A method of rotationally molding hollow articles from cross-linkable polymeric material wherein the mold and molding material are simultaneously revolved about two nonparallel axes while being heated to fuse and cross-link polymeric material. When the polymeric material is partially cross-linked the mold containing the hollow article is opened at at least one location to admit heated air circulated therethrough to facilitate cross-linking of the inner portion of the molded tubular article and produce a smooth inner surface therein. Also disclosed is apparatus for performing the molding method of the invention.