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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. 03, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Morris Salame, Windsor, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264230 ; 264235 ; 2643 / ; 264530 ;
Abstract
Process crystallizes at least a portion of a molecularly oriented thermoplastic container by heat treating at least portions thereof at temperatures suitable to crystallize the portions, including the steps of heating at a first temperature for at least 5 seconds below a final crystallization temperature to heat set the container, followed by heating at a second temperature for at least 10 seconds at a final temperature to obtain crystallinity above 40%, wherein each of the heating steps is accompanied by shrinkage and distortion of the container; and sizing said crystallized container to a final shape.