Thermoformed hollow plastic body and method for producing it
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1. A method for producing a thermoformed plastic pallet comprising the steps of:
- thermoforming a first sheet of plastic into a first plastic shell having a base wall defining a lower terminal surface and a plurality of supporting feet projecting downwardly from and beyond the lower terminal surface in spaced-apart relation with one another to form respective areas for supporting the plastic pallet on a support surface, the first plastic shell having a hollow chamber formed interiorly of each of the supporting feet;
inserting a dimensionally stable plastic body into each of the hollow chambers, each plastic body having an outer contour matching an inner contour of the corresponding hollow chamber;
thermoforming a second sheet of plastic into a second plastic shell;
placing the second plastic shell onto the first plastic shell and the plastic bodies;
welding a periphery of the second plastic shell to a peripheral region of the first plastic shell; and
connecting each of the plastic bodies at respective surfaces thereof in a material-bonding manner to corresponding neighboring inner surfaces of the first and second plastic shells.
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Abstract
A thermoformed hollow plastic body, which is formed by two plastic shells welded to one another around the periphery, with at least one hollow chamber, into which at least one dimensionally stable plastic body is placed, and a method for producing such a thermoformed hollow plastic body wherein a first sheet of plastic is thermoformed into a first plastic shell while forming at least one open hollow chamber.
The outer contour of the plastic body is made to match an inner contour of the hollow chamber and is connected by its surface in full area contact and with a material bond to neighboring inner surfaces of the plastic shells.
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1. A method for producing a thermoformed plastic pallet comprising the steps of:
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thermoforming a first sheet of plastic into a first plastic shell having a base wall defining a lower terminal surface and a plurality of supporting feet projecting downwardly from and beyond the lower terminal surface in spaced-apart relation with one another to form respective areas for supporting the plastic pallet on a support surface, the first plastic shell having a hollow chamber formed interiorly of each of the supporting feet; inserting a dimensionally stable plastic body into each of the hollow chambers, each plastic body having an outer contour matching an inner contour of the corresponding hollow chamber; thermoforming a second sheet of plastic into a second plastic shell; placing the second plastic shell onto the first plastic shell and the plastic bodies; welding a periphery of the second plastic shell to a peripheral region of the first plastic shell; and connecting each of the plastic bodies at respective surfaces thereof in a material-bonding manner to corresponding neighboring inner surfaces of the first and second plastic shells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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