An apparatus and method for forming a paperboard receptacle

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EP 0 082 209 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.08.1983 Bulletin 1983/31

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	29.06.1983 Bulletin 1983/26

(21)	Application number: 81110582

(22)	Date of filing: 18.12.1981

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

(71)	Applicant: Champion International Corporation
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(72)	Inventor:
	Hain, Paul O. ()

(54)	An apparatus and method for forming a paperboard receptacle

(57) An apparatus and method for forming a paperboard receptacle (10) includes male and female dies (22; 24) which draw the receptacle from a blank (38). The receptacle (10) is moisturized during the drawing process to plasticize and lubricate the paperboard by injecting steam into one of the dies (22;24).

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