Patent ID: 8012396
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Method for treating a series of molded plastic articles through one or more treatment stations having an operational mechanism for treating the article, each article having a relatively wide and thin-walled blow-molded body portion and a relatively narrow and thick-walled unexpanded neck finish portion, the method comprising: providing a series of platforms that are transported by a conveying apparatus through the one or more treatment stations; providing each platform with a mating mechanism having a recess that adjustably receives and engages a sidewall portion of the body portion of one article; depositing one article on each platform and within the recess of the mating mechanism in an orientation wherein the recess engages the article sidewall portion and a top surface of the platform engages a bottom surface of the article and aligns the finish portion in a position that enables operational engagement with the operational mechanism of the one or more treatment stations; conveying the articles on the platforms through the one or more treatment stations; and treating the articles with the operational mechanism as the articles are conveyed through the one or more treatment stations.