Package making – Methods – Conforming by stretching or shrinking of cover over contents
Patent
1993-07-12
1996-04-30
Sipos, John
Package making
Methods
Conforming by stretching or shrinking of cover over contents
53411, 53412, 53478, B65B 5302
Patent
active
055113605
ABSTRACT:
A device for heat shrinking thin film onto open-topped containers to form spill-resistant covers is shown. A radiant energy source is intermittently energized in association with timers to direct radiant energy towards the thin film. An energy absorbing body is associated with the thin film to absorb energy and create heat adjacent to the film which in turn causes the thin film to shrink. The energy absorbing body can be the adaptation of the thin film to be opaque to the radiant energy by either being coated with an energy absorbing coating such as printing, or being made partially opaque by means of tinting. The container can also be adapted to absorb energy by including a darkened band adjacent the upper edge of the rim. The device can also interpose an energy absorbing body, such as a darkened aluminum screen adjacent to the film to be heated to cause the thin film to shrink. The device shrinks the thin film around the rim first, then shrinks the film across the top of the container to form a spill-resistant cover. In one embodiment, printed patterns on the film can be used to create perforations.
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Bakker William J.
Williams N. A.
Bakker William J.
Moon Daniel
Sipos John
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