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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2001
Applicants:
Suppayan M. Krishnakumar, Nashua, NH (US);
David Piccioli, Auburn, NH (US);
Inventors:
Suppayan M. Krishnakumar, Nashua, NH (US);
David Piccioli, Auburn, NH (US);
Assignee:
Graham Packaging PET Technologies, Inc., York, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C049/20 ; B29C049/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and apparatus for in-mold handle attachment, wherein a portion of a blow-molded container is formed about a retaining member on a handle during blow molding. After forming the container portion about the retaining member, a cooling medium is directed at the location of the container portion in order to accelerate the cooling rate at the container portion. There is achieved at least one of an improvement in the security of the attachment of the handle to the container, and a reduction in the blow-mold processing time.