A cup-forming machine includes having a male mandrel and a female receiver. The male mandrel uses a cup body blank and a floor blank to form a body of a cup. The female receive receives the body and forms a rolled brim on the body to establish a cup.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of making a plastic cup, the method comprising the steps of providing a plastic cup body blank and a the cup consist of a plastic floor blank, each of the cup body blank and the floor blank being made from insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material,heating the cup body blank,hea
1. A method of making a plastic cup, the method comprising the steps of providing a plastic cup body blank and a the cup consist of a plastic floor blank, each of the cup body blank and the floor blank being made from insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material,heating the cup body blank,heating a male mandrel to provide a heated male mandrel,folding the cup body blank around the heated male mandrel after heating the cup body blank,transferring heat from the heated male mandrel to the cup body blank to minimize stress in the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material so that formation of visible imperfections in the cup are minimized during the folding step,joining an outer tab of the cup body blank and an inner tab of the cup body blank together to form a cup side wall,coupling the floor blank to the cup side wall to form a cup body on the heated male mandrel,warming a female receiver to provide a heated female receiver,transferring the cup body from the heated male mandrel to the heated female receiver, andcurling a top edge of the cup body to form a rolled brim on the cup body to establish a plastic cup. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of orienting the cup body blank to cause a circumference of the rolled brim to be aligned transverse to a machine direction established during formation of the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the heated male mandrel has a temperature between about 150 degrees Fahrenheit and about 250 degrees Fahrenheit. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the heating step includes the steps of providing a cartridge heater coupled to the male mandrel and using the cartridge heater to apply heat to the male mandrel to establish the heated male mandrel. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of controlling application of heat to the male mandrel from the cartridge heater using a mandrel heat controller coupled to the cartridge heater. 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of sensing the temperature of the heated male mandrel with a sensor associated with the male mandrel and coupled to the mandrel heat controller to communicate the temperature of the heated male mandrel to the mandrel heat controller. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the heated female receiver has a temperature between about 100 degrees Fahrenheit and about 250 degrees Fahrenheit. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the warming step includes the steps of providing a band heater coupled to the female receiver and using the band heater to apply heat to the female receiver to establish the heated female receiver. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of controlling application of heat to the female receiver from the band heater using a receiver heat controller coupled to the female receiver. 10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of sensing the temperature of the heated female receiver with a sensor associated with the female receiver and coupled to receiver heat controller to communicate the temperature of the heated female receiver to the receiver heat controller. 11. The method of claim 3, wherein the heated male mandrel has a temperature of about 200 degrees Fahrenheit and the heated female receiver has a temperature of about 175 degrees Fahrenheit. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the heated male mandrel has a temperature of about 140 degrees Fahrenheit. 13. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of applying a lubricant to the top edge of the cup body prior to the curling step. 14. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of pre-curling the top edge of the cup body prior to the curling step. 15. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of loading the cup body blank on a loading turret prior to the folding step. 16. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of inserting the cup floor blank into a floor-receiving space formed in the heated male mandrel prior to the coupling step. 17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of bonding the cup floor blank to the cup side wall. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein the male mandrel is rotatable about a first axis and the female receiver is rotatable about a second axis located in spaced-apart relation to the first axis. 19. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of forming the cup side wall after the heating step to cause any creases in the cup side wall to have a depth of less than about 100 microns. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein any creases in the cup side wall have a depth of less than about 5 microns. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein cells included in the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material have a cell aspect ratio of between about 1.0 and about 3.0. 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the cell aspect ratio is between about 1.0 and about 2.0. 23. The method of claim 21, wherein the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material has an average cell dimension of about 0.01954 inches in width and about 0.00853 inches in length. 24. The method of claim 21, wherein the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material has an average cell dimension of about 0.01854 inches in width and about 0.00828 inches in length. 25. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of deforming plastically a selected region of the cup body to provide a plastically deformed first material segment having a first density in a first portion of the selected region of the cup body and a second material segment having a relatively lower second density in an adjacent second portion of the cup body. 26. The method of claim 1, wherein the heated male mandrel has a temperature between about 100 degrees Fahrenheit and about 250 degrees Fahrenheit. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the heated male mandrel has a temperature of about 200 degrees Fahrenheit. 28. The method of claim 1, wherein the heating step uses a heat-control system that includes a power source and a mandrel heater coupled to the male mandrel to provide heat to the male mandrel in response to receiving power from the power source. 29. The method of claim 28, wherein the heat-control system further includes a mandrel heater controller coupled to the power source and to the mandrel heater to cause power to be supplied to the mandrel heater so that the heated male mandrel is maintained. 30. The method of claim 29, wherein the mandrel heater is a cartridge heater. 31. The method of claim 30, wherein the male mandrel is formed to include a bore and the cartridge heater is arranged to lie in the bore. 32. The method of claim 31, wherein the male mandrel is formed to include first, second, and third bores arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to define an equilateral triangle shape. 33. The method of claim 32, wherein the male mandrel includes an outer surface, each bore is defined by an associated inner surface, and the inner surface of each bore is spaced apart from the outer surface of the male mandrel by about 0.08 inches. 34. The method of claim 29, wherein the heat-control system is coupled to the female receiver and configured to provide means for heating the female receiver to establish a heated female receiver to cause heat from the heated female receiver to be transferred to the cup body. 35. The method of claim 34, wherein the heat-control system further includes a receiver heater coupled to the female receiver to heat the female receiver. 36. The method of claim 35, wherein the heat-control system further includes a receiver heater controller coupled to the power source and the receiver heater to cause power to be supplied to the receiver heater so that the heated female receiver is maintained. 37. The method of claim 36, wherein the mandrel heater controller includes a mandrel sensor arranged to sense a temperature of the heated male mandrel. 38. The method of claim 37, wherein the receiver heater controller includes a receiver sensor arranged to sense a temperature of the heated female receiver. 39. The method of claim 35, wherein the receiver heater is a band heater. 40. The method of claim 39, wherein the female receiver includes an inner surface and an outer surface and the band heater is coupled to the outer surface. 41. The method of claim 35, wherein the heat-control system further includes a male-turret slip ring arranged to interconnect the power source and the mandrel heater and a female-turret slip ring arranged to interconnect the power source and the receiver heater. 42. The method of claim 1, wherein the male mandrel is formed to include a floor-receiving space therein and a floor of a cup body is arranged to lie in the floor-receiving space.
연구과제 타임라인
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
이 특허에 인용된 특허 (236)
Bland David G. ; Stobby William G. ; Rose Gene D. ; Mork Steve W. ; Staples Thomas L. ; McCann Gordon D., Absorbent, extruded thermoplastic foams.
Nishikawa Shigeo,JPX ; Sugihara Eiichi,JPX ; Takedachi Masahiro,JPX ; Yorita Kaoru,JPX ; Inoue Haruo,JPX ; Shimada Yoko,JPX ; Eriguchi Michio,JPX, Addition method of supercritical carbon dioxide, and production process of expanded thermoplastic resin product by making use of the addition method.
Karjala, Teresa P.; Yalvac, Selim; Diehl, Charles F.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Rickey, Cynthia L., Adhesive and marking compositions made from interpolymers of ethylene/α-olefins.
Karjala, Teresa P.; Yalvac, Selim; Diehl, Charles F.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Rickey, Cynthia L., Adhesive and marking compositions made from interpolymers of ethylene/α-olefins.
Miller William P. (Meriden CT) Twigg Robert W. (Rockford IL), Apparatus and method for fabricating a flexible cylinder from multi-ply flexible web material having metal and plastic p.
Weaver, Laura B.; Batra, Ashish; Ansems, Patricia; Strandburg, Gary M.; Kalinkowski, Matthew J., Articles comprising nonpolar polyolefin and polyurethane, and methods for their preparation and use.
Markovich, Ronald P.; Elley-Bristow, Dale M.; Prieto, Miguel A.; Barry, Russell P.; Martinez, Felipe; Falla, Daniel J.; Damen, Julien H. J. M., Cap liners, closures and gaskets from multi-block polymers.
Markovich, Ronald P.; Elley Bristow, Dale M.; Prieto, Miguel A.; Barry, Russell P.; Martinez, Felipe; Falla, Daniel J.; Damen, Julien H. J. M., Cap liners, closures, and gaskets from multi-block polymers.
Sandstrom Erland R. ; Shanton Kenneth John ; Hartjes Timothy Paul, Carton having buckle-controlled brim curl and method and blank for forming the same.
Arriola, Daniel J.; Devore, David D.; Carnahan, Edmund M.; Hustad, Phillip D.; Kuhlman, Roger L.; Wenzel, Timothy T., Catalyst composition comprising shuttling agent for ethylene copolymer formation.
Arriola, Daniel J.; Carnahan, Edmund M.; Cheung, Yunwa Wilson; Devore, David D.; Graf, David D.; Hustad, Phillip D.; Kuhlman, Roger L.; Shan, Colin Li Pi; Poon, Benjamin C.; Roof, Gordon R.; Stevens, James C.; Stirn, Pamela J.; Wenzel, Timothy T., Catalyst composition comprising shuttling agent for ethylene multi-block copolymer formation.
Arriola, Daniel J.; Carnahan, Edmund M.; Cheung, Yunwa Wilson; Devore, David D.; Graf, David D.; Hustad, Phillip D.; Kuhlman, Roger L.; Shan, Colin Li Pi; Poon, Benjamin C.; Roof, Gordon R.; Stevens, James C.; Stirn, Pamela J.; Wenzel, Timothy T., Catalyst composition comprising shuttling agent for ethylene multi-block copolymer formation.
Chang,Andy C.; Weeks,Ronald J.; Peng,Hong; Doufas,Antonios K.; Cheung,Yunwa W., Compositions of ethylene/α-olefin multi-block interpolymer for elastic films and laminates.
Chang, Andy C.; Hoenig, Stephen M.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Moldovan, Daniel G.; Liang, Wenbin; Diehl, Charles F., Compositions of ethylene/alpha-olefin multi-block interpolymer for elastic films and laminates.
Chang, Andy C.; Weeks, Ronald J.; Peng, Hong; Doufas, Antonios K.; Cheung, Yunwa W., Compositions of ethylene/alpha-olefin multi-block interpolymer for elastic films and laminates.
Chang, Andy C.; Weeks, Ronald J.; Peng, Hong; Doufas, Antonios K.; Cheung, Yunwa Wilson, Compositions of ethylene/alpha-olefin multi-block interpolymer for elastic films and laminates.
Chang, Andy C.; Hoenig, Stephen M.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Moldovan, Daniel G.; Liang, Wenbin; Diehl, Charles F., Compositions of ethylene/α-olefin multi-block interpolymer for elastic films and laminates.
Chang, Andy C.; Hoenig, Stephen M.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Moldovan, Daniel G.; Liang, Wenbin; Diehl, Charles F., Compositions of ethylene/α-olefin multi-block interpolymer for elastic films and laminates.
Hartjes, Timothy P.; Breining, Michael A.; Van Handel, Gerald J.; Brown, David C.; Malakhow, Walter, Container employing an inner liner for thermal insulation.
Hartjes,Timothy P.; Breining,Michael A.; Van Handel,Gerald J.; Brown,David C.; Malakhow,Walter, Container employing inner liner and vents for thermal insulation and methods of making same.
Breining Michael A. ; Malakhow Walter ; Curcio Anthony N., Container with indicia covering brim, blank for making such a container, and methods for making the container and blank.
Li Pi Shan, Colin; Hazlitt, Lonnie G.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Poon, Benjamin C.; Hustad, Phillip D.; Kuhlman, Roger L.; Carnahan, Edmund M.; Qui, Xiahua; Taha, Angela N., Ethylene/α-olefins block interpolymers.
Poon, Benjamin C.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Lai, Shih-Yaw; Sen, Ashish; Chen, Hongyu; Chiu, Yuen-Yuen D.; Patel, Rajen M.; Chang, Andy C.; Doufas, Antonios K.; Peng, Hong, Fibers made from copolymers of ethylene/α-olefins.
Poon, Benjamin C.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Lai, Shih-Yaw; Sen, Ashish; Chen, Hongyu; Chiu, Yuen-Yuen D.; Patel, Rajen M.; Chang, Andy C.; Doufas, Antonios K.; Peng, Hong, Fibers made from copolymers of ethylene/α-olefins.
Poon, Benjamin C.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Lai, Shih-Yaw; Sen, Ashish; Chen, Hongyu; Chiu, Yuen-Yuen D.; Patel, Rajen M.; Chang, Andy C.; Doufas, Antonios K.; Peng, Hong, Fibers made from copolymers of ethylene/α-olefins.
Liang, Wenbin; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Diehl, Charles F.; Kummer, Kyle G., Filled polymer compositions made from interpolymers of ethylene/α-olefins and uses thereof.
Sasaki, Takayuki; Ito, Takashi; Toyota, Yoshinori; Kumagai, Naohiro, Flexible polyurethane foam, process for its production, and seat for automobile using the flexible polyurethane foam.
DeNicola ; Jr. Anthony J. (Newark DE) Smith Jeanine A. (West Chester PA) Felloni Massimo (Ferrara ITX), Foamed articles comprising high melt strength propylene polymer material.
Wu, Jesse; Han, James H.; Jacoby, Phil; Novak, Mark C.; Metaxas, Constantine; Choi-Feng, Chin; Mills, Ray O., Foamed polypropylene sheet having improved appearance and a foamable polypropylene composition therefor.
Fredricks Richard E. ; Breining Michael A. ; Pucci William R. ; McCarthy Donald C. ; Brown David C. ; Segan Richard A. ; Malakhow Walter, Heat insulating paper cups.
Fredricks, Richard E.; Breining, Michael A.; Pucci, William R.; McCarthy, Donald C.; Brown, David C.; Segan, Richard A.; Malakhow, Walter, Heat insulating paper cups.
Walton, Kim L.; Marchand, Gary R.; Dhodapkar, Shrikant; Kapur, Mridula; Wu, Shaofu, Impact modification of thermoplastics with ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers.
Kiss, Gabor; Galuska, Alan Anthony; Reynolds, Jr., Robert Patrick; Chu, John W.; Chapman, Bryan R.; Brant, Patrick; Datta, Sudhin, In-line process for producing plasticized polymers and plasticized polymer blends.
Ylitalo, Caroline M.; Boyd, Scott A.; Carls, Joseph C.; Carlson, Eugene H.; Haas, Christopher K.; Jonza, James M.; Pellerite, Mark J.; Watkins, Robert F., Ink receptive article.
Hughes, Morgan M.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Gupta, Pankaj; Gathers, John J., Interpolymers of ethylene/α-olefins blends and profiles and gaskets made therefrom.
Andersen Per Just ; Hodson Simon K., Laminated articles of manufacture fashioned from sheets having a highly inorganically filled organic polymer matrix.
Cress Allan K. (Baltimore MD) Busse Charles E. (Jarrettsville MD), Method and apparatus for manufacturing foam plastic containers by use of a tubular forming mandrel.
Burnham Theodore A. ; Cha Sung W. ; Walat Robert H. ; Kim Roland Y. ; Anderson Jere R. ; Stevenson James F. ; Suh Nam P. ; Pallaver Matthew, Method and apparatus for microcellular polymer extrusion.
Burnham, Theodore A.; Cha, Sung W.; Walat, Robert H.; Kim, Roland Y.; Anderson, Jere R.; Stevenson, James F.; Suh, Nam P.; Pallaver, Matthew, Method and apparatus for microcellular polymer extrusion.
Blizard Kent ; Tupil Srinath ; Malavich William, Method and apparatus for microcellular polypropylene extrusion, and polypropylene articles produced thereby.
Busse Charles E. (Jarrettsville MD), Method and apparatus for sealing the sidewall and bottom seam portions of two-piece containers during manufacture thereo.
Park Chul B.,CAX ; Suh Nam P. ; Baldwin Daniel F., Method for providing continuous processing of microcellular and supermicrocellular foamed materials.
Park Chul B.,CAX ; Suh Nam P. ; Baldwin Daniel F., Method for providing continuous processing of microcellular and supermicrocellular foamed materials.
Tusim Martin H. ; Cornell Martin C. ; Suh Kyung W. ; Christenson Christopher P. ; Park Chung P.,DEX, Method of forming a thermoformable polypropylene foam sheet.
Hartjes, Timothy P.; Breining, Michael A.; Van Handel, Gerald J.; Brown, David C.; Malakhow, Walter, Method of making a container employing inner liner and vents for thermal insulation.
Cha Sung W. (Cambridge MA) Suh Nam P. (Sudbury MA) Baldwin Daniel F. (Medford MA) Park Chul B. (Cambridge MA), Microcellular thermoplastic foamed with supercritical fluid.
Karen A. Sheppard ; Jay Kin Keung ; Francis Tran The-Dzuy ; Joseph E. Brew ; Benoit Ambroise BE, Multi-layer oriented heat sealable film structure of improved machinability.
Maxwell Earl G. (9108 Halls Ferry Road St. Louis MO 63136), Nestable non-corrosive container for pressurized beverages and processes for manufacture and handling thereof.
Miyagawa, Toshio; Hirose, Fuminobu; Senda, Kenichi, Polyhydroxyalkanoate-based resin foamed particle, molded article comprising the same and process for producing the same.
Hoenig, Stephen M.; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Moldovan, Daniel G.; Liang, Wenbin; Cheung, Chuiwah A.; Lewis, Ray A.; Newton, John, Polymer blends from interpolymers of ethylene/α-olefins and flexible molded articles made therefrom.
Cheung, Yunwa Wilson; Dobreski, David V.; Turner, Richard; Wheeler, Mark; Handa, Y. Paul, Polymer blends of biodegradable or bio-based and synthetic polymers and foams thereof.
Leser, Chris K.; Driskill, Philip A.; Wallace, Charles T.; Euler, John B.; Paladino, Jason J.; Maravich, Milan C.; Davis, Daniel O.; Mann, Jeffrey A.; Bowlds, Randy A.; Contrada, Svetlana I., Polymeric material for an insulated container.
Ansems, Patricia; Batra, Ashish; Weaver, Laura Bauerle; Effler, Lawrence J.; Silvis, H. Craig; Lakrout, Hamed; Mergenhagen, Laura K., Polyolefin compositions and articles prepared therefrom, and methods for making the same.
Lin, Chon Yie; Chapman, Bryan Robert; Cheng, Chia Yung; Ferry, William Michael; Kelly, Michael Brian; Lundmark, Bruce Robert; Li, Wen, Polypropylene based fibers and nonwovens.
Hayashi Motoshige (Nara JPX) Doi Tsuneo (Nara JPX) Matsuoka Kiyotaka (Nara JPX), Polypropylene resin foamed sheet for thermoforming and process for producing the same.
Greene William J. (Webster NY) Matoushek Robert J. (Rochester NY) Gorman Harry A. (Rochester NY) Weigand John G. (Churchville NY), Process for decurling a strip of photosensitive material.
Leser, Chris K.; Wallace, Charles T.; Driskill, Philip A.; Euler, John B.; Paladino, Jason J.; Maravich, Milan C.; Davis, Daniel O.; Mann, Jeffrey A.; Bowlds, Randy A.; Contrada, Svetlana I., Process for forming an insulated container having artwork.
Leser, Chris K; Wallace, Charles T; Driskill, Philip A; Euler, John B; Paladino, Jason J; Maravich, Milan C; Davis, Daniel O; Mann, Jeffrey A; Bowlds, Randy A; Contrada, Svetlana I, Process for forming an insulated container having artwork.
Leser, Chris K; Wallace, Charles T; Driskill, Philip A; Euler, John B; Paladino, Jason J; Maravich, Milan C; Davis, Daniel O; Mann, Jeffrey A; Bowlds, Randy A; Contrada, Svetlana I, Process for forming an insulated container having artwork.
Shan, Colin Li Pi; Hazlitt, Lonnie G.; Cheung, Yunwa Wilson; Poon, Benjamin C.; Hustad, Phillip D.; Kuhlman, Roger L.; Carnahan, Edmund M.; Qiu, XiaoHua; Taha, Angela N., Propylene/α-olefins block interpolymers.
Watanabe, Hiromi; Kuwahara, Isao, Stock material for container body of insulating paper container, insulating paper container and process for making them.
Watanabe, Hiromi; Kuwahara, Isao, Stock material for container body of insulating paper container, insulating paper container and process for making them.
Carr John (Phoenixville PA) Kucherovsky Joseph (Philadelphia PA) Peppiatt Harry R. (Doylestown PA), Thermoformable laminate material with registered print and method of making the same.
Sukekuni Ito JP; Keiichi Honjo JP; Masami Imada JP; Manabu Kudoh JP, Thermoplastic skin sheet for interior parts of automobiles and method for producing such skin sheet.
Callahan William S. (86 S. Silver La. McKees Rocks PA 15136) Shields Karl B. (282 Alamo Dr. Pittsburgh PA 15241), Waterproof thermal resistant packaging wrap.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.