Patents by Inventor Jack L. Avery

Jack L. Avery 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 body shaper
    Patent number: 4059186
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a machine for receiving can bodies and automatically outwardly expanding the same to a decorative predetermined contour. The machine includes special transfer means for positioning can bodies on and removing can bodies from supports moving in a convex arcuate path, the transfer device including a turret member mounted for rotation about a fixed axis, a plurality of article carriers pivotally carried by the turret member for movement therewith in a generally circular path, and control means for controlling the contour of a portion of the generally circular path to be coincident with a portion of the arcuate path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1973
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton A. Aschberger, Jack L. Avery, William J. Cartwright, Geoffrey J. Dean, Oliver J. Tysver, Robert W. Wolfe, Frederick H. Bautz