Patent ID: 6241846
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for the manufacture of a cup-shaped device having an elastomeric rim and a first elastomeric portion, said apparatus comprising:a load station for loading said elastomeric rim onto a carrier device;a heat seal station for applying said first elastomeric portion to said elastomeric rim;a preheat station to raise the temperature of said elastomeric rim and said first elastomeric portion from a first temperature to a second temperature;a forming station for forming the first elastomeric portion of the cup-shaped device into a nonplanar shaped hollow reservoir;an unloading station for unloading said cup-shaped device; anda transferring system for transferring said carrier device to said heat seal station, preheat station, forming station, and unloading station.