Patents by Inventor Thomas T. Fetters

Thomas T. Fetters 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 of forming plastisol gaskets in container closures fabricated from synthetic plastic resins
    Patent number: 4675139
    Abstract: Gaskets are formed in container closures fabricated from polyolefin resins exhibiting substantially no response to heat activation by radio frequency electrical energy by introducing a vinyl chloride plastisol containing a vinyl chloride polymer resin and a plasticizer having a loss factor in the range of 0.1-12 into the closure. The closure is preheated to 55.degree. to 100.degree. C. by conventional means and then the plastisol is fused in the closure by exposure to a field of radio frequency electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Continental Can Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred W. Kehe, Thomas T. Fetters
  • Apparatus for dispensing a striped product and method of producing the striped product
    Patent number: 4254894
    Abstract: A product to be dispensed is packaged in an axially collapsible product bag in distinct transversely extending axial layers. When the product is dispensed, it enters into a discharge nozzle generally from the center of the bag with the result that there is an almost immediate combining of the product layers to be simultaneously dispensed in a striped stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1981
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas T. Fetters