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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Philip Sheets, York, PA (US);
Paul Kelley, Wrightsville, PA (US);
John Denner, York, PA (US);
Graham Packaging Company, L.P., York, PA (US);
Abstract
A process for efficiently conveying containers along a table-top conveying system includes the steps of temporarily securing a transfer stabilizing support () to a bottom end of a formed container () so that the container can freely move along a production line using the table-top conveying system where the transfer stabilizing support has a bottom surface () with an opening (), a sidewall () extending substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface, and a ridge area () surrounding the opening and inside the sidewall of the support; and after the container has gone through operations of the production line, the transfer stabilizing support is removed so that aesthetic qualities of the formed container shape are revealed.