Patents by Inventor Ernest W. Cassell, Jr.

Ernest W. Cassell, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Can end tester
    Patent number: 4495797
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for testing can ends for leakage. The apparatus includes a series of stations, including an entry station, one or more punishment stations, a testing station and an output station, means for transporting can ends from station to station within the apparatus and means responsive to a detection of a defective end for either alerting an operator to the situation and/or stopping the can end forming equipment until corrective action has been taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Reynolds Metals Company
    Inventors: Ernest W. Cassell, Jr., Edward C. Gilliam