Thermoplastics articles and method for making them
CA 1211390 A · Owner: Metal Box Limited · Inventors: Barr, Robert M.S.; Reed, Leonard W.; Dick, David A.
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Biaxially oriented tubular articles which are destined to provide bodies for processable food containers are made from an elongate tube of thermoplastics material as it emerges from an extruder. The manufacturing process comprises repeatedly performing a cycle of operations each including the following steps: engaging the tube by a first clamping means over a first region at a leading end of the tube and by a second clamping means over a second region at a spacing from the first region, so as to define between the clamping regions a portion of the tube to be longitudinally stretched and radially expanded; moving the clamping means apart to stretch the tube portion longitudinally and …
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- Granted September 16, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 16, 2003.
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