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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wolfgang Hoffman, Modesto, CA (US);
Assignee:
B & H Manufacturing Co., Inc., Ceres, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 86 ; 156 84 ; 156 85 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for applying heat shrinkable film to containers and other articles having a vertical body position, e.g., the cylindrical body of a container, and one or two re-entrant portions, e.g., a shoulder on a bottle. A segment of film is applied to the vertical surface without heat shrinking and with one or two end portions overlapping the re-entrant part of the article Heat is applied to the overlap or overlaps to shrink them onto the article.