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Transversely stretching plastics material

CA 1115016 A · Owner: Mercer Patents Limited · Inventors: Mercer, Frank B.

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The invention provides an apparatus for transversely stretching and molecularly orientating a continuously advancing flexible web, comprising an arrangement for preventing substantial inward movement of the web margins and a pair of opposed hanks of transversely spaced pressure elements between which banks the web can travel whilst its margins are engaged by the restraining means. The pressure elements of one bank are transversely staggered in relation to the elements of the other bank, and, as seen looking in the transverse direction, overlap the pressure elements of the other bank with such a degree of overlap that the pressure elements cause the web to take up an extended form from …

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  • Granted December 29, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 29, 1998.
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FiledOctober 10, 1978
GrantedDecember 29, 1981
Term endedDecember 29, 1998
Patent numberCA 1115016 A
Classification (IPC)B29C55/18 +1 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedOct 10, 1978Patent grantedDec 29, 1981Term endedDec 29, 1998

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