US 12,285,890 B2
Method for the production of a reinforced thermoplastic container
Erich Freytag, Marktoberdorf (DE)
Assigned to AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed by AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,959.
Claims priority of application No. 2104726 (GB), filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314501 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 41/20 (2006.01); B29C 41/04 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 41/20 (2013.01) [B29C 41/04 (2013.01); B60K 15/03177 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7172 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03493 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of forming a reinforced thermoplastic container, the method comprising:
providing a mold having at least two mold parts, each mold part having an inner side and an outer side;
releasably securing at least one attachment element to the inner side of at least one of the mold parts;
connecting a tension member to the at least one attachment element after releasably securing the at least one attachment element to the inner side of the at least one of the mold parts;
adding a thermoplastic material onto the inner side of the at least one of the mold parts while the tension member is connected to the at least one attachment element;
closing the at least two mold parts to define a mold cavity after connecting the tension member to the at least one attachment element;
heating the thermoplastic material after closing the at least two mold parts; and
distributing the heated thermoplastic material at the inner side of the at least two mold parts after closing the at least two mold parts to create a molded body of the reinforced container and to fixedly integrate the at least one attachment element into the molded body of the reinforced container.