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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:
Jan. 30, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jonathan Gross, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corp., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B29C / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 401 ; 264 406 ; 264 407 ; 264321 ; 425141 ; 425143 ; 425145 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for measuring and controlling foam sheet blow-up in a thermoformer oven. Control of the oven operation is achieved through monitoring the measured blow-up of a material in the thermoformer oven at a sensing location in a forming station receiving the material from the over in order to regulate the thickness of the plastic material prior to its conveyance into said forming station. This is effected by varying the rate of advance and dwelling time of the material in the oven, and optionally, also concurrently regulating the temperature in the oven to optimize control over material blow-up.