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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terence Edward Weston, Suffolk, GB;
Christopher John Briggs, Suffolk, GB;
Assignee:
Weston Medical Limited, Suffolk, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 2/309 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 2/309 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for making an article such as the body of a needleless injector capsule, from a formable material, such as glass, the article having a cavity communicating with the exterior via an orifice. A blank having an open end is mounted on a first forming tool, and the open end is engaged by a second forming tool while an end region of the blank adjacent the open end is in a condition to permit it to be formed. One of the tools has a pin extending therefrom, and when the tools are brought together to form the end region into the desired shape the pin defines the orifice.