Abstract: A process for producing a soybean and other vegetable protein based food product having an enhanced protein content and the texture and mouth feel of meat and other chewy foods which comprises contacting a compacted, defatted, vegetable protein containing seed meal material with water and a polyhydric alcohol having bacteriostatic properties at a pH ranging from about 2.0 to about 6.5 at elevated temperatures and superatmospheric pressures for a time sufficient to extract a substantial amount of the non-proteinaceous solubles and increase the protein content thereof while essentially maintaining the structural integrity of the starting material, recovering the product from the aqueous liquor and reducing the moisture content thereof to produce a porous product containing an amount of polyhydric alcohol sufficient to render it resistant to bacterial attack when packaged without sterilization or canning.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a easy open end of the type that has a tab connection thereto by an integral rivet. The invention resides in an improved method for forming a weakened area or frangible connection between the permanent section of the panel and the removable section. The frangible connection in the panel is formed in such a manner that the removable section is relieved of any compressive forces that may have developed during the formation of the frangible connection. In addition, the removable section of the panel incorporates a further area of reduced cross-section that allows the tab and rivet to be pivoted relative to the removable panel section during initiation of rupture of the frangible connection and provides a vent for the inside of the container prior to the rupture of the fangible connection.

Abstract: A system and method for sensing and detecting articles such as container ends and for providing count and/or control outputs representative of the number of such articles detected. A sensing signal is impinged against the article to be sensed and a feedback signal representative thereof is generated. This feedback signal is connected to the input of a circuit which generates a fixed frequency signal for modulating the sensing signal at the fixed frequency. This circuit provides a first output signal in response to the presence at its input of a signal oscillating at the fixed frequency and a second output signal in the absence at its input of a signal oscillating at the fixed frequency. One of these output signals is indicative of the detection of an article and is applied to suitable counting and/or control circuitry which provides the desired count and/or control outputs.

Abstract: A loading apparatus for supplying container bodies to a mandrel forming part of a can trimming machine is disclosed herein. The loading apparatus consists of a plunger that is guided on the machine frame for axial movement towards and away from the mandrel and moved by a shaft having an arm extending radially therefrom with a link connecting the arm and the plunger. The shaft is rotated between angular extreme positions by a continuously driven cam member to oscillate the arm between positions and reciprocate the plunger towards and away from the mandrel.

Abstract: Halftone, multicolor printed effects are achieved by special preparation of art work in the desired pre-selected colors without blending and the use of only white as a diluent of color strength, forming color separated line-engraved press plates therefrom and applying the separate colors by offset printing to the workpiece without overprinting. A novel method and apparatus for producing halftone effect printing using these line-engraved press plates for printing cylindrical objects, and more particularly, cans of the two-piece type.

Abstract: A drawn and ironed container with a profiled bottom wall is disclosed herein. The profiled bottom wall includes an ellipsoidal dome surrounded by a substantially vertical wall portion which merges with the side wall of the container along an outwardly directed bead. The configuration of the bottom wall substantially increases the resistance to buckling when the container is filled with pressurized product.

Abstract: An apparatus for trimming uneven edges from drawn and ironed metal bodies, such as cans, and breaking, knurling and discarding the scrap ring. The apparatus has oppositely rotating parallel shafts, one having an axially rigid supporting member, cutter and knurling roller at a free end on which a can is supported and the other having an axially rigid rotating wheel with a blade and knurling member peripherally mounted on adjacent sectors thereof. The blade cooperates with the edge of the cutter which is remote from the free end to trim the edge and the knurling member cooperates with the knurling roller. The members mounted on the first shaft and the teeth of the knurling member are configured to provide superior, relatively trouble-free operation.