Patents by Inventor Louis Trepied

Louis Trepied 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).

  • Method for reshaping a container
    Patent number: 5727414
    Abstract: A seamless drawn and ironed container body having a side wall with portions of the side wall expanded radially outward from an initial cylindrical configuration and a method and apparatus for reshaping such containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: American National Can Company
    Inventors: Andy Halasz, Rolf Wirz, Rene Meneghin, Louis Trepied
  • Apparatus for reshaping a container
    Patent number: 5704244
    Abstract: A seamless drawn and ironed container body having a side wall with portions of the side wall expanded radially outward from an initial cylindrical configuration and a method and apparatus for reshaping such containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: American National Can Company
    Inventors: Andy Halasz, Rolf Wirz, Rene Meneghin, Louis Trepied
  • Apparatus for drawing and ironing metallic or metalloplastic cans
    Patent number: 5460024
    Abstract: Method and device for drawing and ironing a metallic or metalloplastic can by utilizing a chamber arranged for flow of lubricant therethrough, including an input opening and an output opening, and which is placed upstream of at least one drawing die. The chamber includes an annular, long and narrow, cylindro-conical antechamber located upstream of the die, adjacent to the external surface of the can which is being drawn, the antechamber having a length lo between 3 and 50 mm, and a thickness jo between 25 and 200 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: American National Can Company
    Inventors: Rene Meneghin, Louis Trepied