Patent ID: 6165114
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,B31C,B31F,B65D

Abstract:
Apparatus for manufacturing a container comprising:a work station for feeding a tube;work stations for inserting at least one end wall in each tube;work stations for bending the tube against a peripheral flange of a relevant inserted end wall;work stations for manufacturing heat seal seams binding the end wall to the tube; anda conveyor device for transporting a tube consecutively between said work stations; whereinat least one work station having a heating unit for heating the tube is provided upstream of the work stations for inserting said end wall;the heating unit for heating the tube heats a radially inner surface of an end area of the tube, including a radially inner surface portion of said end area to be covered by said flange of an end wall after said insertion of said end wall into the tube; andat least one work station for heating said end area of said tube is provided downstream of the work stations for inserting said wall.