B29C66/73713

ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL

An electrochemical cell includes an electrode body which includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode and an outer package which is formed by overlapping a first member and a second member. The outer package includes: a housing portion which houses the electrode body; and a sealing portion which is formed along an outer circumference of the housing portion, by fusing and bending the first member and the second member, at a portion corresponding to the outer circumference of the housing portion.

Balloon catheter shaft having high strength and flexibility

Method of making a balloon catheter includes melt-extruding a thermoplastic polymeric material into a tube, cooling the extruded tube, placing the extruded tube within a capture member and biaxially orienting the polymeric material of the extruded tube while simultaneously tapering at least a section of the extruded tube by radially expanding the extruded tube with pressurized media in the tube lumen and axially expanding the extruded tube with an external load applied on at least one end of the tube as an external heat supply traverses longitudinally from a first end to a second end of the extruded tube in the capture member, wherein an overall axial load on the tubing is varied as at least a section of the tube is heated. The method includes cooling the expanded tube to form a tapered biaxially oriented nonporous thermoplastic polymer tubular member and sealingly securing a balloon proximate a distal end of the tubular member.

Insulated container

A container includes a cup formed to include and interior region and an insulated sleeve. The insulated sleeve is coupled to an outer surface of the cup.

Processing for Producing Flexible Container with Fitment Using Expandable Mandrel
20180071991 · 2018-03-15 ·

The present disclosure provides a process for producing a flexible container. In an embodiment, the process includes (A) providing a flexible container. The flexible container has (i) a body, and (ii) a neck. The process includes (B) positioning a fitment into the neck. The fitment has a top portion and a base. The fitment is composed of a polymeric material. The process includes (C) inserting a mandrel into the fitment. The mandrel includes an expandable collar composed of an elastomeric material. The process includes (D) expanding the collar radially outward to contact an inner surface of the base. The process includes (E) sealing, with a pair of opposing seal bars, the base to the neck.

Formable films, laminate structures, and related methods

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a blister package having a laminate structure that is heat-sealable to a lacquer layer on strain-hardened aluminum foil. The blister package includes a lid layer comprising a strain-hardened aluminum foil, a lacquer layer on a sealing surface of the strain-hardened aluminum foil and a laminate structure sealed directly to the lacquer layer. The laminate structure includes a multilayer film and a plurality of wells formed therethrough. The multilayer film includes a first formable layer of a thermoplastic material and a sealing layer of a copolyester material. The sealing layer overlies the first formable layer and has an outer surface opposite the first formable layer. The sealing layer has crystallinity from 5% to 20% as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The outer surface of the sealing layer is sealed directly against the lacquer layer.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHAPING WEBS IN A VERTICAL FORM, FILL, AND SEALING SYSTEM
20170361954 · 2017-12-21 ·

A method and apparatus for pleating or otherwise shaping a web are described herein. The method and apparatus may have numerous applications. In some embodiments, the method and apparatus are used in the formation, filling, and sealing of unit dose packages for consumer products. A method and apparatus for forming sealing two moving webs together, which webs have portions that are non-planar are also described herein.

INSULATED SLEEVE FOR A CONTAINER

A container includes a cup formed to include and interior region and an insulated sleeve. The insulated sleeve is coupled to an outer surface of the cup.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEALING TWO MOVING WEBS OF MATERIAL TOGETHER, WHICH WEBS HAVE PORTIONS WHICH ARE NON-PLANAR
20170334186 · 2017-11-23 ·

A method and apparatus for pleating or otherwise shaping a web are described herein. The method and apparatus may have numerous applications. In some embodiments, the method and apparatus are used in the formation, filling, and sealing of unit dose packages for consumer products. A method and apparatus for forming sealing two moving webs together, which webs have portions that are non-planar are also described herein.

INSULATED CONTAINER

A container is formed to include an interior region and a mouth opening into the interior region. The container includes a floor and a side wall coupled to the floor to define the interior region between the floor and the side wall

Method and apparatus for sealing two moving webs of material together, which webs have portions which are non-planar

A method and apparatus for pleating or otherwise shaping a web are described herein. The method and apparatus may have numerous applications. In some embodiments, the method and apparatus are used in the formation, filling, and sealing of unit dose packages for consumer products. A method and apparatus for forming sealing two moving webs together, which webs have portions that are non-planar are also described herein.