US 12,070,889 B2
System for simultaneously forming and filling a polymeric container
Gregory Carpenter, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Gregory Hall, Adrian, MI (US); Richard Steih, Jackson, MI (US); Steven Charles Dettling, Manchester, MI (US); and Theodore Tekip, Royal Oak, MI (US)
Assigned to LiquiForm Group LLC, Saline, MI (US)
Appl. No. 18/011,808
Filed by LIQUIFORM GROUP LLC, Saline, MI (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/038880
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/262133, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234275 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 3/02 (2006.01); B29C 49/46 (2006.01); B29C 49/48 (2006.01); B65B 3/04 (2006.01); B29C 49/62 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 49/46 (2013.01) [B29C 49/48 (2013.01); B65B 3/022 (2013.01); B65B 3/04 (2013.01); B29C 2049/4664 (2013.01); B29C 2049/6272 (2022.05); B29L 2031/712 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for simultaneously forming and filling a polymeric container with a product, the system comprising:
a mold defining a container profile and a mold vacuum vent extending from the container profile to an upper surface of the mold; and
a striker plate secured to the upper surface of the mold, the striker plate defining a striker vacuum vent that aligns with the mold vacuum vent to allow some of the product to be pulled by vacuum out of the mold through the mold vacuum vent and the striker vacuum vent.