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(11) | EP 0 223 602 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Forming moulded articles such as lipsticks |
(57) In the manufacture of lipsticks in situ in their containers on a continuous basis,
similar to the know Ejectoret process, in which molten material is poured through
the inverted container and through the stick carrier (7) inside it into a mould (9)
fitted onto the stick carrier (7), the mould (9) not only engages the stick carrier
(7) but also fits over the outside of the end of the container and forms the means
by which the container is supported whilst the molten material is poured, then the
container, complete with the mould, is removed, after which the newly formed stick
is retracted and the mould discarded. |