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Victoria's Secret has changed the message, but not the models, in a controversial fall ad campaign promoting "The Perfect Body".
The U.S. lingerie retailer yesterday changed the text on its main webshop campaign image — showing 10 slim supermodels wearing the latest products in its 'Body by Victoria' bra collection — to read "A Body For Every Body".
The company made no public comment about the change, which follows an online petition that criticized the company for spreading a "damaging message … about women's bodies and how they should be judged."
The petition was started by three UK university students 2½ weeks ago and has collected nearly 27,000 signatures. A Twitter campaign using the hashtag #iamperfect has generated thousands of comments from around the world, including support from public figures like Lady Gaga and Shonda Rhimes.
"I am delighted that Victoria's Secret has changed their campaign to a more inclusive slogan, and believe it portrays a much more positive and healthy message to young girls, which is exactly what we wanted," Gabriella Kountourides, one of the co-founders of the #iamperfect campaign, told Lingerie Talk today.
"While I am ecstatic that our campaign has worked, clearly they heard us, I am still disappointed that Victoria's Secret has released no statement," she added. "They still need to take responsibility for the message they sent. We would also like a pledge not to use such harmful advertising campaigns again. Although (this is) a fabulous landmark, our campaign is not over!"
Other fashion and beauty brands joined in the online debate about body-shaming and beauty standards, and American underwear label Dear Kate created an alternative version (above) of the Victoria's Secret ad that has probably been seen by almost as many women as the original. The Dear Kate photo mimics the composition of the 'Perfect Body' photo which was itself inspired by an earlier photo (top) in the Dove Real Beauty campaign.
The text accompanying the photos on the Victoria's Secret website makes no reference to the bodies of either its models or its customers. The word "perfect" is used only in the context of its bra's qualities, mentioning "perfect fit", "perfect comfort" and "perfect coverage".
[Gabriella Kountourides (above) is a 22-year-old zoology student at Leeds University, UK and one of three women behind an online petition that asks Victoria's Secret to apologize for its 'Perfect Body' ad campaign. The petition has received more than 23,000 signatures and provoked a social media discussion around the hashtag #iamperfect. In the article below, a version of which first appeared on the fashion website Glammonitor, she explains why the issue is worth fighting for.]
Ask any woman how she feels when she looks in the mirror and you are likely to get the same answer: "Sometimes great, sometimes awful."
It's human nature to have doubts about oneself. This can surely only be exacerbated by the way women are portrayed in the media today. Almost without exception, one type of woman is represented as 'the ideal'. She is usually tall, light-skinned, young, very skinny — and classically beautiful. Why are all the other women in the world invisible?
Remembering my school days, I recall the moment I noticed my body shape and, for the first time, having doubts about it. What I saw in the mirror didn't reflect what I saw in shop windows. This was even worse for friends of mine, some of whom were diagnosed with eating disorders. It remains a very dark cloud on an otherwise happy childhood.
This feeling was perpetuated as I grew older: the same type of people were in movies, and anyone with the slightest 'flaw' was humiliated in the tabloids. Constant criticisms of women in the public eye: 'She has put on weight.' 'She is anorexic.' 'Try her crash diet.' We are constantly bombarded with double messages, fat-shaming larger women and then skinny-shaming the slim ones. Women can clearly do no right.
The diversity of women and their body shapes is breathtaking; the only 'perfect' is that belonging to the airbrush. Perfection is subjective. However, a new advert by Victoria's Secret would have us believe otherwise.
There is a shopping centre near where I live, it's the biggest in the area and attracts thousands of shoppers each day. At the exit there is a Victoria's Secret store, and on October 19 I walked past it to leave, but this time something stopped me in my tracks. A picture of three women with identical body shapes and the words "The Perfect 'Body'" displayed across them.
The image, advertising a bra range called 'Body', made me so angry that I posted immediately on the Leeds University feminist society Facebook page, asking if anyone else had seen this and wanted to do something about it. And two other students, Frances Black and Laura Ferris, felt exactly the same way.
What made us so cross was the juxtaposition of those three small words across three tall, skinny models with interchangeable bodies. The advert reinforces the idea to all its consumers what the company's vision of 'perfect' is. It screamed out to passers-by that if they did not look like this, there was something wrong with them. So we sat down in the coffee shop at the university and wrote our petition.
Victoria's Secret is one of the most popular stores in America (2013, BrandIndex), and their shops are global. Their target consumers are girls from teens to late twenties — our most insecure years. Young girls are bombarded with images of 'perfection' every day, but this went a step too far. It labeled them. This kind of messaging is damaging to girls (and boys as well), and a shop like Victoria's Secret has a significant influence over how our society views women. This, to me, is an example of irresponsible advertising.
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I am the proud step-sister of two wonderful younger girls, I lead summer camps for 12-year-old teenagers and, while I try to promote healthiness and body confidence, campaigns like this one destroy it with a single line. According to the Confidence Coalition, 90% of all women want to change something about themselves, and I strongly believe that it's (because of) adverts like these.
Since we started the petition, it has gone global, with coverage on major media networks like the BBC, ABC and CTV, as well as almost all the UK newspapers, leading magazines and other global news organizations. It has to date almost 24,000 signatures. The response we have had has been overwhelming. We have been inundated with emails from girls recovering from eating disorders, mothers, and fathers, all supporting the campaign and saying how adverts like this are potentially damaging.
Victoria's Secret has choices. We really hope that the company will listen. We ask for a simple change — to remove the wording "the perfect body" and show you care about the consumers you target.
If you agree with me, please support our petition here.
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[Ed. Note: Victoria's Secret has not responded to requests for comment on this subject and has not contacted the petition organizers.]
With a growing controversy over its latest advertising campaign and whispers of a possible boycott of its upcoming TV show in London, Victoria's Secret served up the ultimate distraction yesterday — not one, but two, jewel-encrusted Fantasy bras.
The U.S. lingerie giant has neither acknowledged nor responded to an online petition asking it to remove ads that show 10 slim models under the caption 'The Perfect Body'. The petition has gathered almost 20,000 signatures and sparked a social media debate under the hashtag #iamperfect, with most people saying the ads are damaging to women and unrepresentative of the female body.
Avoiding the issue is going to become harder for America's biggest lingerie company, however, as it undertakes a media campaign to promote this year's Fantasy bras and the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, which tapes next month in London and airs on Dec. 9.
The company will begin its media juggernaut for the new "Dream Angels Fantasy Bras" tomorrow morning on Good Morning America, where Brazilian models Adriana Lima and Allesandra Ambrosio will face the tough questions.
This year's blinged-out bras are the 19th and 20th created by the company to promote its annual pre-Christmas TV show. Although often criticized for their unrealistic price tags (which have reached $15 million), the Fantasy bra is also the centrepiece of a marketing campaign that generates many times its value in free advertising around the world.
The 2014 edition marks the first time Victoria's Secret has offered two Fantasy bras, which this year are priced at $2-million apiece and bear a strong resemblance to the bedlah costumes of Arabic belly dancers.
Both pieces were crafted by Swiss jewelry house Mouawad, which also created the $10-million bra worn by Candice Swanepoel in 2013. Last year's version was reported to be the first one that Victoria's Secret has ever sold to a customer, although the company also offered a $300 replica edition for the first time.
How big has the #iamperfect hashtag protest against Victoria's Secret advertising become? Well, for starters, that's Lady Gaga below, weighing in on the subject earlier today.
The social media campaign behind an online petition that asks the lingerie company to remove ads bearing the words "The Perfect Body" has exploded in the past two days, with thousands of people worldwide adding their voices.
Other companies unaffiliated with Victoria's Secret have spoken out, too, and New York underwear brand Dear Kate went so far as to create the above visual rebuttal in a hastily assembled photoshoot early today.
According to the petition on Change.org, the Victoria's Secret billboards "play on women's insecurities, and send out a damaging message by positioning the words 'The Perfect Body' across models who have exactly the same, very slim body type.
"All this does is perpetuate low self-esteem among women who are made to feel that their bodies are inadequate and unattractive because they do not fit into a narrow standard of beauty. It contributes to a culture that encourages serious health problems such as negative body image and eating disorders."
Below, we've assembled 25 tweets from the #iamperfect campaign that give a sense of what women are angry about and how they want Victoria's Secret to respond. And yes, we've included some of the more … relevant … comments from people who oppose the campaign.
For more, read our earlier report: "Victoria's Secret Ignores 'Perfect Body' Critics At Its Own Peril"
The worst thing about Victoria's Secret's repugnant "Perfect Body" ad campaign isn't that it's hurtful to women, it's that the giant lingerie retailer refuses to participate in the worldwide conversation it has started.
It's been NINE DAYS since a trio of UK college students launched an online petition asking Victoria's Secret to remove ads showing the words "The Perfect Body" superimposed over a lineup of 10 slender, lookalike supermodels.
The ads show up on billboards and mall displays in both the UK and U.S. and promote a new bra style in the company's Body by Victoria collection. The text on the ads refers specifically to the bra's name, but the unavoidable double meaning has enflamed women everywhere.
The petition has so far gathered more than 15,000 signatures and sparked a social media squall around the hashtag #IAmPerfect, with most commenters slamming Victoria's Secret for "body-shaming" anyone who doesn't resemble the company's Amazonian Angels.
The company's response? Not a single word.
The campaign has received blanket media coverage in recent days and the online debate has metastasized wildly, bringing overlapping issues like body image, idealized beauty standards, fat shaming, racial diversity, photoshopped ads and other subjects into the conversation. (Predictably, it has also triggered a backlash from virulent, chauvinistic trolls too.)
If the company's initial offence in creating the 'Perfect Body' ads was unintended (let's give them the benefit of the doubt), its continuing silence on the issue is both perverse and inexplicably dumb. Especially since defusing the situation would have been so easy. Any PR intern could crank out a boilerplate corporate mea culpa and quell the controversy, like this:
"Victoria's Secret has always supported women of all kinds and rejects any suggestion that one individual's body shape or size is more worthy than any other. Our advertising is meant to promote healthy lifestyles and happy women regardless of their appearance. We sincerely apologize for any unintended offense caused by our recent campaign."
It took me 20 seconds to write that — see how easy it is?
Instead, Victoria's Secret clings to a public relations strategy that looks like it was borrowed from Hong Kong's political leaders, who resolutely ignore protesters week after week in the delusional hope that one day they'll just exhaust themselves, shut up and go home.
What makes this whole episode even more incomprehensible is the fact that body-positive messaging has become the default language of fashion marketing today. Brands have become cheerleaders for their customers and are quick to spread feel-good messages about personal empowerment, self-acceptance and positive self-image, whether it reflects an authentic corporate value system or just an effort to pacify customers for profit.
Victoria's Secret's silence suggests it is digging in for a kind of trench warfare with its critics. Apparently, the opinions of those who are hostile toward its shallow, "thinspirational" marketing are irrelevant to a company that boasts having "the sexiest fans on Facebook."
It pursues this course, though, at its own peril.
These days, companies that disregard the growing power of consumer activism made possible by social media risk being shunned, boycotted or worse. Smart, socially responsible companies react swiftly and with conviction to legitimate public concerns; those that try to ride out PR storms will feel an impact on their bottom line.
Last week, for example, Wal-Mart was outed online after its website was shown to be offering "Fat Girl Costumes" for Hallowe'en. Wal-Mart responded almost instantly, removing the offending items and offering a credible apology that probably appeased its critics.
But when your customers complain and you ignore them, it shows a fundamental lack of respect and a profound disconnect with the realities of commerce. Witness, for example, the recent outcry against a New Zealand fashion company whose CEO told critics to "get a life" when they complained about skinny mannequins in shop windows. "Clothes look better on skinny people," she blithely retorted. How many current and future customers did they lose that day?
In some ways, we shouldn't be surprised by Victoria's Secret's non-reaction to its latest public relations disaster.
In recent years the company has endured a long, repetitive list of PR messes that show it is out of touch with contemporary values. In almost every instance, it has let controversies drag on (sometimes for weeks or months) before ultimately issuing an unconvincing press statement while refusing to discuss the matter further.
When parents complained in 2013 about the 'Bright Young Things' promotion that appeared to target teen girls, Victoria's Secret let the issue reach crisis proportions before issuing a too-late-to-matter clarification. When women launched a petition asking the company to sell bras for mastectomy survivors, it collected more than 100,000 signatures before Victoria's Secret responded — and said no. (There's something both stupid and cruel about that.)
For most other tempests — whether they involve photoshopped ads, sexualized slogans on its underwear, lack of diversity in its models, or complaints about ethical sourcing and fair labour practices — Victoria's Secret has nothing to say.
What can possibly explain such an ostrich-like approach to customer relations, especially in an age where crisis communications is a college credit and most corporations are quick to extinguish potentially damaging firestorms?
The obvious, and cynical, answer is that Victoria's Secret only reacts when its stock price does (and it opened about $1 down today).
But there's something deeper, and more worrisome, here. Although Victoria's Secret supports many worthy charitable causes, it really doesn't have a social activist bone in its Sexy Little Body™. And despite its enormous cultural influence in the lives of women around the world, including young girls, when it comes to speaking up for women it is stubbornly mute.
Sadly, that is its default position. Women's ongoing struggle for equality, advancement, acceptance and acknowledgment is someone else's battle to fight; they just sell bras.
So let me amend my opening sentence.
It's not their silence that is so appalling, it's what it implies — a shocking lack of empathy and a corporate ethos that perpetuates the stale chauvinist maxim that women should be seen and not heard. That they should avoid public debate and not trouble their pretty little heads with important issues of substance that involve the rights and values of the community they live in.
In other words, like Victoria's Secret itself, they should just shut up and let their boobs do the talking.
[NOTE: We contacted Victoria's Secret and invited them to comment on this issue. They did not reply.]


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A multilayered, hollow plastic container having resistance to elevated temperatures and barrier resistance, and a method for providing same. The container has an outer first portion of a material resistant to temperatures in excess of 175° F., an inner second portion of a material resistant to temperatures in excess of 175° F. and a third portion barrier layer of a thermoplastic material between said first and second portions. Also, a multilayered plastic sheet material having resistance to elevated temperatures and barrier resistance.
1. A multilayered, blown, seamless hollow plastic container having an open molded neck and having resistance to elevated temperatures and fluid barrier resistance having an outer pressure molded first portion of a plastic material resistant to temperatures in excess of 175° F. and an inner drawn second portion of a plastic material resistant to temperatures in excess of 175° F., wherein said container has a third drawn portion fluid barrier layer of a thermoplastic material between said first and second portions and in substantial conformity therewith, said barrier layer having a lower temperature resistance than said first and second portions, whereby said barrier layer progressively softens and reforms upon exposure to elevated temperature and subsequent cooling to retain its barrier resistant characteristics.
2. A container according to claim 1 wherein said first and second portions are thermoplastic and have resistance to temperatures in excess of 220° F.
3. A container according to claim 1 wherein said first and second portions are independently selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polycarbonates, polysulfones, phenoxy resins, polyimines, ionomeric resins and acetal polymers.
4. A container according to claim 1 wherein said third portion barrier layer is selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinyl acetate, acrylonitrile polymers and methacrylonitrile polymers.
5. A container according to claim 1 including an inner fourth portion of a thermoplastic material resistant to temperatures in excess of 175° F. between said first portion and said third portion.
6. A container according to claim 1 wherein said neck is externally threaded.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 309,346, filed Nov. 24, 1972, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 71,734 for "Method and Apparatus for Making Lined Plastic Containers" filed Sept. 14, 1970 by Emery I. Valyi, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,717,544 and copending application Ser. No. 100,050 for "Method for Molding Plastic Containers" filed Dec. 21, 1971 by Emery I. Valyi, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,719,735.
This invention relates to multilayered material, especially containers having properties which are not obtainable in a single layered product.
Multilayered plastic containers are highly desirable whenever it is difficult to satisfy all of the requirements and specifications by using a single plastic.
For example, the low cost, easy formability, impact resistance and other desirable properties of polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride and polyolefins, especially polyethylene, would make them highly desirable containers for many commodities; however, for example, polyethylene does not have sufficient barrier or solvent resistance for many applications.
In instances of this kind, it has been attempted to provide a lined container, wherein the container wall is composed of more than one substance and thereby provide properties that no single plastic possesses.
However, heretofore the economical production of such containers was prohibitively difficult. In addition, certain combinations of properties presented considerable difficulties even in a composite container.
For example, it is highly desirable to obtain a plastic container having resistance to exposure to elevated temperatures, such as above 175° F. and preferably above 220° F., while at the same time having fluid barrier resistance, such as gas barrier resistance as resistance to the transmission of oxygen and carbon dioxide, or solvent resistance. In the production of composite containers of this type, however, it is known that when the container is exposed to elevated temperature conditions, as, for example, when filling with substances at such temperatures, the barrier material tends to melt, destroying the integrity and utility of the container.
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the present invention to provide a multilayered plastic, especially a hollow plastic container.
It is a particular object of the present invention to provide a plastic sheet material and container as aforesaid having resistance to elevated temperatures and barrier resistance.
It is an additional object of the present invention to provide a container as aforesaid wherein said container retains fluid barrier resistance upon repeated exposure to elevated temperatures.
It is a still further object of the present invention to provide a container as aforesaid which can be simply and conveniently prepared in accordance with the present invention.
Further objects and advantages of the present invention will appear hereinbelow.
The present invention provides a multilayered hollow plastic container having resistance to elevated temperatures and barrier resistance having an outer first portion of a material resistant to temperatures in excess of 175° F., preferably 220° F., and an inner second portion of a material resistant to temperatures in excess of 175° F., preferably 220° F., wherein said container has a third portion barrier layer of a thermoplastic material between said first and second portions. Preferably, there is provided an inner fourth portion of a material resistant to temperatures in excess of 175° F. between said first portion and third portion.
The container of the present invention achieves a great many highly desirable advantages. Thus, the instant container has resistance to elevated temperatures and also has barrier resistance, particularly fluid barrier resistance, such as gas barrier resistance, which barrier resistance is retained upon repeated exposure to elevated temperature.
The present invention also provides a multilayered plastic sheet material having the same highly desirable characteristics, said sheet material having a first component of a material resistant to temperatures in excess of 175° F., a second component of a material resistant to temperatures in excess of 175° F. and a third component barrier layer of thermoplastic material between said first and second components and substantially coextensive therewith, with all of said components being adhered to each other substantially over their entire contacting areas, similar to said container.
The principle of the present invention resides in the entrapment of the barrier layer between two layers of heat resistant plastic so that the barrier layer progressively softens, or perhaps melts, and reforms in place upon exposure to elevated temperature and subsequent cooling to ambient temperatures.
For example, a heat resistant container could be readily formed of material, such as polycarbonate, polypropylene, a phenoxy resin or a polysulfone. Similarly, a barrier plastic liner can be provided in accordance with the aforesaid copending applications utilizing, for example, polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinyl acetate, Barex (an acrylonitrile - styrene copolymer), or Lopak (a methacrylonitrile polymer); however, the barrier materials have softening or melting points well below the temperatures that the containers are called on to resist. This obviously leads to an entirely unsatisfactory situation.
In accordance with the present invention, the liner is prepared from a laminate or sandwich so that in the resultant container the barrier layer is entrapped between two layers of a heat resistant plastic. In use, when the container of the present invention is exposed to elevated temperatures, the low melting layer entrapped between the heat resistant layers may, and probably will, soften, if not melt, depending of course upon the use temperature. However, since the low melting layer is entrapped and in substantial conformity with the adjoining protective layers, it lacks mobility and must remain in place. Thus, upon cooling, the lower melting layer will be restored to its normal condition without change. For example, the lower melting layer cannot shrink and thereby produce voids, tear away, agglomerate or otherwise deform, except as it is forced to by the protective outer layers. Similarly, since the lower melting component is a thermoplastic material, its properties will not change upon repeated softening or melting or cooling.
The present invention will be more readily understood from a consideration of the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal section of a multilayered sleeve adapted to surround a blow core;
FIG. 1a is an exaggerated sectional view taken along the line 1 -- 1a of FIG. 1 showing the components of the multilayered sleeve, or alternatively the components of the plastic sheet of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section with parts in elevation of a parison mold showing the blow core covered by a sleeve;
FIG. 3 is a similar view showing the blow core retracted from the parison mold with the parison thereon;
FIG. 4 is a similar view showing the blow core in blow position within the blow mold and the hollow article of the present invention in the blow mold cavity;
FIG. 5 shows the multilayered, hollow plastic container of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a partial elevation showing an alternate embodiment of preformed liners; and
FIG. 7 is an exaggerated sectional view taken on line 7 -- 7a of FIG. 6 showing a multi-layered web having two (2) layers.
Referring to the drawings in detail, FIG. 1 shows a preformed, multilayered sleeve 1 for the blow core to be used in the subsequent molding operation in forming the container of the present invention, said sleeve having an inner surface closely approximating the outer surface of that of the blow core. The thickness of the sleeve may vary depending for example on the materials used and final article desired; thus, side walls 2 may be thin, such as between 0.001 and 0.020 inch, while its bottom 3 may be twice to ten times as thick as the side walls and have a shape adapted to provide alignment with the parison mold. The rim 4 of the sleeve may conform to the top region of the container to be made. As indicated hereinabove, such sleeves should be multilayered, as shown in FIG. 1a wherein the central layer a is the barrier layer, such as polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinyl acetate, or acrylonitrile polymers or methacrylonitrile polymers. The outer layers in FIG. 1a, layers b and c, may be any heat resistant plastic, preferably a thermoplastic, such as polycarbonate polypropylene or copolymers thereof. Naturally, the outer layers may be the same or different, as desired. Such sleeves may be produced from a variety of plastics at reasonable cost, by methods well known in the art, such as for example by thermoforming, powder coating, casting, these methods being described on pages 534, 594, and 602, respectively, of the 1969-1970 Modern Plastics Encyclopedia, published by McGraw-Hill, Inc.; and by other methods well known in the art of manufacturing thin-walled, shaped articles of plastic.
The sleeves shown in FIG. 1 are used in a parison mold according to FIG. 2 which consists of blow core 5 and a parison mold 6 and a tool for the forming of the open end of the hollow article, the neck ring 7. A passage 8 connects the parison mold 6 with a supply of hot plastic contained within cylinder 9 from which the molten plastic may be pressed into parison mold 6 by piston 10 under sufficient pressure to effect rapid filling of the space between the blow core 5 and parison mold 6 and the space within neck ring 7 communicating with the parison mold.
The parison 11 molded in the apparatus shown in FIG. 2 may be removed from the parison mold 6 together with the blow core 5 and the neck ring 7, as shown in FIG. 3 and inserted into a blow mold 12. Pressure fluid obtained from a source not shown may be admitted through fluid passages 13 to the interior of parison 11. The blow mold 12 has a mold cavity 14 corresponding to the shape of the hollow article to be made and it may be made of two halves which are separable to facilitate the removal of the finished article to be made therein.
The above indicated movements of the blow core may for example be carried out by apparatus shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,298,716; 3,100,913; 3,183,551; and in my U.S. Pat. No. 3,029,468. In any such apparatus, one or more blow cores may be used simultaneously and they may be moved from one operating position to another individually or in groups of several blow cores.
In the operation of this method, sleeves according to FIG. 1 may be produced by any designed method independently of the injection blow molding operation here described. Alternatively, sleeves may be fashioned in place, as for example by laminating the plastic layers and wrapping the laminated plastic film stock tightly around the blow core 5. The sleeve material must have deformation characteristics that equal or exceed those of the parison material, at the temperature normally maintained for expanding the parison into the blow mold cavity 14. Hence, it is preferred that the outer first portion be chosen to be the same plastic material as the inner second portion.
If a three-layered sleeve is employed, it may be desirable to treat the sleeve in order to insure adherance of the sleeve to the parison at the temperature normally used for injection molding. For example, the outside surface of the sleeve 1 that is to come into contact with the injected plastic of the parison 11 may be treated by procedures that are known in the art to promote the adhesion of plastic surfaces. For example, if the sleeve is to be made of polypropylene, its outside surface may be flame treated. In any event, the sleeve has to be compatible with the material of the parison and not interfere with the function of the ultimate hollow container.
The sleeve 1 which fits snugly over the blow core 5 is placed thereover by hand, or by mechanical means, not shown, before the blow core is inserted into the parison mold 6. When in place within the parison mold, the tip of the blow core, surrounded by bottom 3 of the sleeve may be held firmly against the inner wall of the parison mold, whenever it is desired to stabilize the blow core.
After the blow core is in place, hot plastic is injected into the parison mold through orifice 8 under action of piston 10 operating in pressure cylinder 9. After injection, the hot plastic surrounds the sleeve 1 under pressure. Due to the intimate contact established thereby between the hot plastic and the exposed surface of the sleeve, the sleeve is rapidly heated until its temperature approaches that of the injected plastic. At that temperature, adhesion of the two materials occurs readily and the material of the sleeve is moreover heated throughout sufficiently to render the sleeve deformable at the same rate as the injected plastic. Accordingly, the sleeve unites with the injected plastic and combines with it to form the composite parison 11.
After the formation of the parison by injection the blow core 5 is removed from the parison mold together with the neck ring 7 and with the parison 11 thereon, as shown in FIG. 3. It is next inserted into the blow mold 12, shown in FIG. 4.
For accurate location of the blow core 5 in the blow mold 12, the blow core may be pressed against the bottom of the blow mold, with the sleeve bottom 3 therebetween. Thus, the blow core is maintained in alignment in the blow mold, the same as it was in the parison mold. As the next step, pressure fluid, usually compressed air, is admitted into the parison through fluid passages 13 and the parison is expanded into the blow mold 12, to assume the shape of the blow mold cavity 14, as indicated by dotted lines in FIG. 4. Fluid pressure is maintained until the blow article cools sufficiently in contact with the walls of the blow mold 12, to be removed therefrom.
The multilayered, hollow plastic container of the present invention is shown in FIG. 5 removed from the blow mold.
While the foregoing preferred procedure has been found to achieve a highly advantageous container in a simple and expeditious manner, other methods may also suggest themselves to those skilled in the art for obtaining the container of the present invention.
As indicated hereinabove, the container of the present invention, surprisingly, attains resistance to elevated temperatures and also fluid barrier resistance, such as gas barrier resistance, as resistance to oxygen and carbon dioxide, or solvent resistance.
An alternate embodiment of liners is shown in FIG. 6, wherein cup-shaped liners 20 are carried on web 21 joined by undeformed parts of the web 22. Naturally, the liners 20 are separated prior to use in the process of the present invention. If desired, the liners in this form may be conveniently stacked and fed to the blow core one at a time. As shown in FIG. 7, the liner may comprise simply two (2) layers, with layer a' representing the barrier layer and layer b' representing the heat resistant layer.
The present invention also resides in a multilayered plastic sheet material, such as shown in FIG. 1a, having characteristics similar to the aforesaid container. The sheet material may be prepared by any desired method, such as adhesive bonding, bonding the edge portions as by edge welding or adhesive bonding, or by co-extruding. Naturally, the sheet material may be prepared in short lengths or long lengths. If long lengths are provided, the sheet material of the present invention may be conveniently supplied in rolls.
In both the sheet and the container of the present invention, it may be preferred to provide the barrier layer removed slightly from an exposed edge.
The sheet material of the present invention naturally has a wide variety of applications, generally wherever elevated temperature resistance plus barrier resistance are desirable. For example, boiling pouches obviously need elevated temperature resistance and may need barrier resistance in storage. Also, for example, products which are hot filled or pasteurized in the container.
The components of the sheet material are as set forth hereinabove. Thus, it is apparent that a variety of materials may be utilized in both the container and sheet material of the present invention. The barrier material may be a fluid barrier material with temperature resistance properties lower than the temperature resistant component or layer, i.e., at least 50° F. lower. Thus, the temperature resistant layer should maintain its structural integrity at the desired temperature, while the barrier layer becomes fluid at said temperature. Hence, one may select any of a variety of temperature resistant layers depending upon the inner layer and desired properties. For example, one may utilize acetal polymers, polycarbonates, phenoxy resins, polysulfones, polyolefins, polyimines, ionomeric resins, and so forth. The outer layers may be different or the same if desired.
This invention may be embodied in other forms or carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment is therefore to be considered as in all respects illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency are intended to be embraced therein.
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- Internet theories on what could have happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are ubiquitous. The Post's Joel Achenbach explains what some of them mean. ()
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September 2, 2014
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August 8, 2014
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August 4, 2014
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August 3, 2014
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July 25, 2014
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November 10, 2014
Elon Musk, CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla Motors, soon may be venturing into new territory: the Internet satellite sector. Musk reportedly is working with ex-Googler Greg Wyler, founder of WorldVu Satellites, on a $1 billion project to develop a fleet of 700 relatively small and inexpensive models that can be used to provide Internet access around the globe.
Obama Bangs Drum for Net Neutrality
November 10, 2014
President Obama on Monday leaped into the controversy surrounding Net neutrality, calling on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to ensure and protect it. "I believe the FCC should create a new set of rules protecting Net neutrality and ensuring that neither the cable company nor the phone company will be able to act as a gatekeeper, restricting what you can do or see online," he said.
Microsoft Spiffs Up Xbox One
November 10, 2014
Microsoft on Monday announced that it had begun rolling out its Xbox One November Systems Update, which will be its final major update for the console for 2014. The improvements will deliver new ways for owners to watch TV, personalize the game system, and interact with the Xbox Live gaming community, as well as provide new integration with Xbox One Store and Microsoft's SmartGlass platform.
Dell: Using Technology to Change the World
November 10, 2014
I was at Dell World last week, and it is kind of amazing how far the company has come since it went private. Interestingly, much of the big tent content was less about Dell's technology and more about how technology was being used to change the world. This was kind of a scary event in some cases, because we are far from ready for some of the changes.
Gadget Ogling: Garish Walkie-Talkies, Slick Cameras and Mini 3D Printing
November 08, 2014
Welcome to another installment of every tech-loving optimist's and misanthrope's favorite look at the week's most wondrous and pitiful new gadgets. Ahead, for your delight and dismay, are studies of a wearable walkie-talkie-type communication device, a 360-degree action camera, a tiny 3D printer, a smart camera attachment, and a clever mobile roaming solution.
Foodini: Presto Chango, Your Dinner Is Printed
November 07, 2014
Natural Machines this week took to the stage at the Web Summit in Dublin to demonstrate Foodini, a 3D printer that can be used to create pizza, pasta, burgers and a wide range of other savory and sweet foods. Users begin by choosing the recipe they want to print, either from the Internet-connected device's onboard touchscreen or from their own PC or mobile device.
Amazon's Echo Plays Hard to Get
November 07, 2014
Amazon on Thursday announced Echo, a speaker with a built-in voice-activated personal digital assistant. Think of a cylindrical Bose SoundLink Mini married to Siri, Cortana or Google Voice -- or heck, living in sin with all three. Echo can conduct Web searches, add items to your to-do list, let you play streaming music, and give you news and weather reports, among other things.
The Apple Effect: The Leaders Shall Become Followers
November 07, 2014
Google Wallet reportedly has experienced a sudden surge: Weekly transactions are up 50 percent, and the number of new users has nearly doubled in a month. Obviously, the primary explanation for this sudden leap is Apple's entry into the mobile payments world. It introduced Apple Pay in September and rolled it out officially October 20. Google Wallet has been available since 2011.
New Jawbone Fitness Trackers Stretch High and Low
November 06, 2014
Jawbone has announced two new fitness trackers: the high-end Up3 wristband and the entry-level Up Move clip device. Using a multisensor platform, the $179.99 Up3 captures detailed information about the wearer's heart rate, sleep stages and physical activity over the course of the day. It also connects with the Up App to deliver Smart Coach, an intelligent system that tracks the user's progress.
Kano: The Can-Do Coding Kit for Kids of All Ages
November 05, 2014
"So simple a child could do it" -- I have heard that expression abused often in advertising. Yet it aptly applies to the Kano computer kit. Kano is a computer and coding kit that is suitable for all ages. Well, to be truthful, Kano's step-by-step instructions in the included booklets and its simplified Linux-based operating system target kids aged 6 to 14.
HP's Omen Laptop - a Portent of Gaming's Future?
November 04, 2014
HP on Tuesday announced the HP Omen notebook PC, a laptop designed with hardcore gamers in mind. Available for order in the U.S. starting at $1,500, the Omen combines performance, portability and style, the company said. The Omen features an industrial design that was engineered to manage heat. It has dual fans that pull cool air through the bottom of the system.
NTSB Gives Last Press Briefing on SpaceShipTwo Crash Investigation
November 04, 2014
Christopher Hart, acting chairman of the United States National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash last week of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, on Monday delivered his final press briefing on the initial stage of the investigation. Hart clarified on Monday that it was not known whether Alsbury or copilot Peter Siebold had moved the feathering lever.
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare - You Won't Need a Season Pass to Fight Zombies
November 03, 2014
Activision Blizzard has released a new entry in the popular Call of Duty series. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Day Zero Edition, which was developed by Sledgehammer Games as part of a new three-year development cycle for the franchise, brings the action to the near future with emphasis on the multiplayer experience. However, its worldwide debut was not without controversy.
Take a Nano Pill and Call Google in the Morning?
November 03, 2014
Google is in the early stages of developing a nanoparticle-covered pill to detect cancer and other serious health problems such as heart disease, according to Andrew Conrad, head of the life sciences team at Google X, who revealed the project last week. The pill would work in tandem with a wearable magnetic device worn by the patient; the device would guide the pill to different parts of the body.
Ghost Hunters Kinect With Spirits
October 31, 2014
Microsoft's Kinect motion controller may have been intended to keep gamers moving while in the throes of play, but some intrepid explorers have been using it for a different purpose: hunting ghosts. Its skeletal-tracking and infrared-sensing capabilities let Kinect can "see" as many as six players in a room. What makes spines start to tingle, however, is when it sees some who aren't there.
Android Creator Andy Rubin Exits the Googleplex
October 31, 2014
Andy Rubin, the creator of Google's ubiquitous Android mobile platform, has left Google, the company confirmed on Friday. "I want to wish Andy all the best with what's next," said Google CEO Larry Page. "With Android he created something truly remarkable -- with a billion plus happy users. Thank you." Rubin reportedly is departing to start a tech incubator for hardware-focused startups.
Inspectors Find Big Gaps in Federal Cloud Contract Compliance
October 31, 2014
U.S. government agencies may be warming to the cloud, with ambitions to significantly boost investment in the technology. However, many millions of dollars in federal cloud projects could be at risk both currently and in the future, as a result of flawed contract procedures. Many agencies have had difficulty in meeting federal requirements and guidance covering cloud contracts with IT vendors.
Gadget Ogling: Logged Jogs, Manual Music, Smart Weapons and Skinny Phones
October 31, 2014
Welcome to another installment of Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, a weekly look at the treats and horrors revealed as manufacturers pull back their curtains. Behind door number one is a selection of updated activity trackers from one of the oldest dogs in the yard, with the other shiny prizes including a music controller, a smart accessory for police firearms, and the planet's thinnest smartphone.
Snail Mail Surveillance: Rules Are Weak - and Routinely Broken
October 30, 2014
The U.S. Postal Service didn't adequately follow its own rules last year, when it secretly recorded and shared information about some 49,000 pieces of mail to further criminal and national security investigations, according to an audit report from the Office of Inspector General. Information recorded under the service's longstanding mail cover program is limited to what's written on the exterior.
Microsoft May Have Launched a Band of Gold
October 30, 2014
Microsoft has made another foray into the mobile health market with the introduction of the Microsoft Band, powered by its new Microsoft Health platform. The band, which is available at Microsoft Stores for $200 as of Thursday, is designed to be worn 24 hours a day. In addition to the usual monitoring capabilities, the band will notify wearers of incoming calls, emails, texts and social updates.
YouTube Warms to Subscription Model
October 30, 2014
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki this week said that her team was in the early stages of exploring a new subscription business model. Wojcicki didn't offer any specific details, but she did suggest that one option might include an ad-free service. That would be a big change from YouTube's current advertising-only approach. At some point, people won't want to see ads, Wojcicki said.
Apple Pay vs. CurrentC: Prelude to the Beacon Wars
October 30, 2014
The current dustup between Apple Pay and CurrentC is a stark, bleak mess. That's not because Apple promises an easier, more secure way of making a smartphone-based retail transaction. Nor is it because CurrentC wants to harvest data on you and provide behavior-bending coupons, incentives and special deals, while cutting out the middleman credit card processing industry. It gets worse.
AT&T: We Told Our Customers 'Unlimited' Doesn't Mean 'Unlimited'
October 29, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday filed a complaint in a California federal court against AT&T, seeking compensation for customers who were told they had unlimited data plans but in reality did not. The legal action stemmed from a practice AT&T began in 2011 of throttling data delivery to customers with unlimited data plans when their data usage reached a specified amount during a billing period.
HP May Sprout New Manufacturing Techniques
October 29, 2014
HP has introduced its Blended Reality ecosystem: HP Multi Jet Fusion, an advanced 3D printer; and Sprout by HP -- a combination scanner, depth sensor, high-res camera and projector that provides 3D images of items and enables real-time remote collaboration. The ecosystem might revolutionize manufacturing, sharply reducing the design-to-prototype cycle and making it easy to customize products.
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A lot of posters on this site like to speculate what kinds of attractions Disney will be getting next, or even imagine some of their own. But one thing I've always wondered about is the classification of these attractions--most posters use ticket letters to describe an attraction (RSR, for example, is being touted as a major 'E-ticket'). How can this be a description for rides when Disney doesn't use ticket books anymore? What really boggles me is when people argue over the ticket classification of an existing attraction (is Little Mermaid a D ticket or C ticket?). Well what I want to know is what the criteria is for each ticket letter...is it thrill factor? Theming? Popularity? Because considering ticket books are obsolete it all seems to be a matter of opinion to me, in which case I don't see how one can classify attractions as a certain ticket these days.
Heres a list of Disneyland rides that I would wait in line the longest for (E-tickets?) you all can put what ticket you'd assign each attraction to maybe help me understand better:
1. Indiana Jones
2. Splash Mountain
3. Big Thunder Mountain
4. Pirates of the Carribbean
5. Haunted Mansion
6. Mr Toad
7. Pinnochio
8. Matterhorn
9. Space Mountain
10. Star Tours
1. Tower of Terror
2. Grizzly River Run
3. Goofys Sky School
4. Toy Story Midway Mania
5. Mickeys Fun Wheel
6. California Screamin
7. Soarin
^are these all consider E tickets?? Did I miss any?


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