Abstract: A closure for a container. The closure comprises an end panel, a sidewall depending from the end panel and having an inwardly directed curl, and a sealing compound extending down the inner surface of the sidewall. A plurality of ribs are formed in the sealing compound, spaced apart around the circumference of the sidewall, each rib extending down the sidewall and projecting radially inwardly.

Abstract: A closure for a container. The closure comprises an end panel, a sidewall depending from the end panel and having an inwardly directed curl, and a sealing compound extending down the inner surface of the sidewall. A plurality of ribs are formed in the sealing compound, spaced apart around the circumference of the sidewall, each rib extending down the sidewall and projecting radially inwardly.

Abstract: A can end combination, a resealable beverage can, and a method of sealing a beverage can are disclosed. The can end combination may include a metal can end and a resealable closure coupled to the can end. The can end may include a center panel having an aperture formed therethrough. The closure may include a base plate and a top plate coupled to the base plate. The closure may have a sealed position in which the base plate contacts the center panel about the aperture to form at least one of a bore seal and a face seal. The closure may also have an intermediate position in which the base plate is proximate the aperture but the closure is devoid of the bore seal and the face seal. The closure may also have a fully open position in which the aperture is exposed to enable pouring liquid through the aperture.

Abstract: A can end combination, a resealable beverage can, and a method of sealing a beverage can are disclosed. The can end combination may include a metal can end and a resealable closure coupled to the can end. The can end may include a center panel having an aperture formed therethrough. The closure may include a base plate and a top plate coupled to the base plate. The closure may have a sealed position in which the base plate contacts the center panel about the aperture to form at least one of a bore seal and a face seal. The closure may also have an intermediate position in which the base plate is proximate the aperture but the closure is devoid of the bore seal and the face seal. The closure may also have a fully open position in which the aperture is exposed to enable pouring liquid through the aperture.

Abstract: A laser cutter for cutting textile or leather clothing material adhered on a stiff tacky backing sheet includes a laser which produces a laser beam, a guide head for reflecting and focusing the laser beam onto the sheet-backed clothing material, and an optical sensor mounted on the guide head for recognizing the shape or a pattern marked on the material. The material is supported by an idler roller. Under the control of a computer, a pair of bi-directionally driven pinch rollers move the material back and forth across the idler roller in synchronism with movement of the guide head transversely across the material. The computer alternately activates and controls the optical sensor or the laser. In an optical scanning mode, under control of the computer, the material is scanned to create in the computer memory a model of the desired pattern to be cut in the clothing material, and a desired cutting path matched to the shape of, or pattern on, the clothing material.

Abstract: A process for reproducing a design, especially a fabric design comprising an embroidered applique element stitched to a base fabric material, comprises the sequential steps of analyzing the design to derive data for use as stitch command data by an embroidery machine, and as cutting command data by a cutting machine, cutting out an applique element from a sheet material in accordance with the cutting command data, transferring the cut-out applique element to the base material and stitching the applique element to a base material in accordance with the stitch command data. The invention provides a far quicker, more accurate and neater embroidered applique fabric than prior semi-manual techniques.

Abstract: The drive shaft is formed with a longitudinally extending groove and the wall of a blind bore formed in the valve disc for receiving the shaft is formed with a projection which fits in the groove by a punching operation. The mating parts are readily made by conventional metal forming techniques and there is no need to pierce the disc.