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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2013
Dixie Consumer Products Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Albert D. Jones, Myrtle Beach, SC (US);
Mark B. Littlejohn, Appleton, WI (US);
Thomas W. Zelinski, Menasha, WI (US);
Kenneth J. Zirbel, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Luke G. Stumpf, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Dixie Consumer Products LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an improved pressware forming apparatus. At least one of die pairs used in the apparatus can be narrowed in a cross-direction as compared to the cross-directional width of pressware forming tools used in prior an apparatus. The present invention allows addition of at least one additional die pair in the pressware forming tool when used in a standard sized pressware forming apparatus. The present invention also provides components for use in such apparatus and methods of making pressware from the apparatus herein.