Patent ID: 9387944
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B65B

Claim Text:
1. A method of forming and filling a transportable container comprising: simultaneously rotating an upper turntable including a slip frame former and a lower turntable disposed on a bottom support with a drive to synchronize a rotational speed of said upper and lower turntables; applying stretch wrap to at least a portion of the slip frame former and a transportable base disposed on the lower turntable during the simultaneous rotation of the upper and lower turntables to form a transportable container extending therebetween; moving at least one of the upper turntable and the bottom support relative to one another to disengage previously disposed portions of stretch wrap from the slip frame former and overlap the previously disposed portions of stretch wrap and the slip frame former with the stretch wrap; and disengaging rotation of the upper turntable with the drive during the relative movement of the upper turntable and the bottom support and continuing to drive rotation of the upper turntable using only the overlapped layers of stretch wrap extending between the transportable base and the slip frame former.