Method of dissipating static electricity in packaging

Claim 1

A method of preventing accumulation of static electricity in the method of packaging an article by encapsulating said article in cellular plastic material by the steps of enclosing said article in a flexible plastic sheet or envelope, providing a vent from the interior of said enclosed article extendable to the exterior of said encapsulating cellular plastic material, placing said wrapped article in a container spaced from the bottom, sides, and top thereof, and injecting a cellular plastic forming material into said container so that said cellular plastic surrounds and encapsulates said wrapped article, comprising the step of positioning an electrical conductor, or a plurality thereof, of approximately the same length as said article in a manner such that about one-half the length of said conductor is within the enclosure formed by said plastic sheet or envelope and in contact therewith and the remaining half of said conductor is outside of said enclosure and in contact with the plastic sheet or envelope and connecting said conductor to the positive terminal of an electromotive force source having a positive and a negative terminal and connecting the said negative terminal to a ground.

Claim 2

A method of preventing accumulation of static electricity in the method of packaging an article by encapsulating said article in cellular plastic material by the steps of enclosing said article in a flexible plastic sheet or envelope, providing a vent from the interior of said enclosed article extendable to the exterior of said encapsulating cellular plastic material, placing said wrapped article in a container spaced from the bottom, sides, and top thereof, and injecting a cellular plastic forming material into said container so that said cellular plastic surrounds and encapsulates said wrapped article, comprising the step of positioning an electrical conductor, or a plurality thereof, of approximately the same length as said article in a manner such that about one-half the length of said conductor is within the enclosure formed by said plastic sheet or envelope and in contact therewith and the remaining half of said conductor is outside of said enclosure and in contact with the plastic sheet or envelope and connecting said conductor to the positive terminal of an electromotive force source having a positive and a negative terminal and connecting the said negative terminal to a ground.

Claim 6

A method of dissipating or preventing the accumulation of a static charge of electricity in a process for molding plastics and resins by injecting a moldable plastic into a mold lined with a mold release agent, comprising the steps of positioning an electrical conductor having two or more ends in contact with said mold release agent and contactable with said injected moldable plastic, and connecting one end of said conductor to the positive pole of an e.m.f. source, and connecting the negative pole of said e.m.f. source to a ground, during the steps of injecting said mold with said plastic, effecting the molding thereof, and removing said molded plastic from said mold.

Claim 7

A method of dissipating or preventing the accumulation of a static charge of electricity in a process for molding plastics and resins by injecting a moldable plastic into a mold lined with a mold release agent, comprising the steps of positioning an electrical conductor having two or more ends in contact with said mold release agent and contactable with said injected moldable plastic, and connecting one end of said conductor to the positive pole of an e.m.f. source, and connecting the negative pole of said e.m.f. source to a ground, during the steps of injecting said mold with said plastic, effecting the molding thereof, and removing said molded plastic from said mold.