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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Keith Barker, Bedford, NH (US);
Brian Lynch, Merrimack, NH (US);
Walter Mcdonald, Newton, NJ (US);
Norbert Seitel, Gillette, NJ (US);
Keith Barker, Bedford, NH (US);
Brian Lynch, Merrimack, NH (US);
Walter McDonald, Newton, NJ (US);
Norbert Seitel, Gillette, NJ (US);
Graham Packaging Company, LP, York, PA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for making a molded plastic article having a stretched and crystallized neck finish. In one embodiment, a series of platforms are carried by a conveying apparatus for transporting a series of molded plastic articles along a predetermined path of travel through one or more treatment stations. At a finish widening station, the molded article, having a relatively wide and thin-walled blow-molded body portion, and a relatively narrow and thick-walled unexpanded neck finish portion, is positioned to enable insertion of a mandrel into an open top aperture of the finish portion to widen the finish.