REUSABLE DRINKING STRAW

A drinking straw (10) has an elongated body (12) with a longitudinal flow channel (18). The user end (16) of the body (12) is closed and rounded for safety. A pair of lateral channels (20, 22) open onto the body (12) adjacent the user end (16) and provide fluid communication to the flow channel. The...

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Hauptverfasser:	Hsiao Fong Lee, Olivier B. Perrin, Iwan Soetomo Salim, Richard Lenne, Stijn Van Damme
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING COFFEE MILLS DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES FURNITURE HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT HUMAN NECESSITIES INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS SPICE MILLS SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A drinking straw (10) has an elongated body (12) with a longitudinal flow channel (18). The user end (16) of the body (12) is closed and rounded for safety. A pair of lateral channels (20, 22) open onto the body (12) adjacent the user end (16) and provide fluid communication to the flow channel. The straw (10) is injection molded, and a mold (31) is provided which accommodates thermal expansion of a rod forming the flow channel (18). A pair of opposed cavity inserts (50, 52) form the lateral channels (20, 22). To reduce bending stresses on the rod upon removal of the cavity inserts (50, 52), one cavity insert is formed longer to the other. This longer cavity insert is removed prior to opening of the mold plates, and as such the straw (10) and rod are supported against bending during this removal.