Contoured End Wall (e.g., Curved, Corrugated, Ribbed, Variable Thickness, Etc.) Patents (Class 220/623)
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Patent number: 11247809Abstract: A pressure resistant basic shell, easy open end and can with easy open end, wherein the basic shell consists of a can seaming portion, a countersink portion, a ferrule arc portion, an upward extension portion of ferrule and a center panel from periphery to center in the cross section; the countersink portion also consists of a sixth arc portion and a second straight portion, and the sixth arc portion and the second straight portion are connected in a tangent way, and the second straight portion and the ferrule arc portion are connected in a tangent way; the center of the sixth arc portion is located below the upper surface of the center panel. The break probability under the failure of pressure resistance is lowered to 0.05%˜2.5%, which significantly improves the safety of use.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SUZHOU SLAC PRECISION EQUIPMENT CO., LTDInventors: Shu An, Bingsheng Wang, Kang Xiong, Weiwei Zhang
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Patent number: 11225351Abstract: A delaminatable container excellent in productivity is provided. The present invention provides a delaminatable container comprising a container body having an outer shell and an inner bag, the inner bag to be shrunk with a decrease in contents, wherein the container body includes a storage portion to store the contents and a bottom seal protrusion protruding from a bottom surface of the storage portion, the container body is configured to seal the outer shell and the inner bag in the bottom seal protrusion, and the bottom seal protrusion includes a tapered portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the bottom seal protrusion and tapered from the bottom surface toward an end.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinsuke Taruno
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Patent number: 10919664Abstract: A beverage can end has an arcuate panel wall and a chuck wall having a curved transition wall portion. Configuration of the seaming panel and panel wall is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.Inventors: Brian Fields, Ezekiel Johnson
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Patent number: 10890357Abstract: A water heater appliance is provided that includes features that facilitate centering a tank within a casing of the water heater while also diminishing heat loss through the bottom of the water heater. More particularly, a water heater is provided that includes a bottom cover that has an integral centering feature that facilitates centering of the tank within the casing. A method for assembling a water heater appliance is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gregory L. Hutchison, Neil Kent McDonald, Timothy David Gantt, Jonathan D. Nelson
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Patent number: 10807666Abstract: In the vicinity of a front end of a plate-shaped member of a fiber reinforced resin material having long fibers, to suppress deterioration in strength due to waviness of the long fibers during press-molding. The plate-shaped member is formed by a discontinuous fiber reinforced resin having long fibers. A flat surface part of the plate-shaped member is provided with a hole part, and a side wall is integrally formed to a semicircular end of the flat surface part located closer to the hole part. The side wall is arranged in a region between an opening edge of the hole part closer to a front end, and the front end so as to extend around its outer circumference.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Teijin LimitedInventors: Daisuke Hatano, Takahisa Egawa, Masahiro Kitagawa, Masatomo Teshima
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Patent number: 10654614Abstract: A drawn aluminum can shell has a peripheral crown which is double-seamed with an end portion of an aluminum can body to provide a can end having a generally flat center panel connected by an inclined curved or straight panel wall to an inner wall of an annular U-shaped countersink. The countersink has an outer wall which connects with a lower wall portion of a chuck wall, and the chuck wall has an upper wall portion which connects with an inner wall of the crown. The chuck wall also has an intermediate wall portion forming a break, and the inner bottom width of the countersink is less than the radial width of the panel wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Container Development, Ltd.Inventors: R. Peter Stodd, Jess N. Bathurst
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Patent number: 10435224Abstract: The inventive technology includes a novel container dome profile and manufacturing process for improving container and bottle deformation failure resistance and extending material displacement modes through an initial deformation panel coordinated with complimentary geometric paneling and buttressing structures configured to initiate a controlled sequential dome profile deformation mode. Dome reversal, dome growth, and dome drop resistance characteristics are improved with a shallower profile formation depth, reducing pulldown, and lowering material consumption, resulting in lower overall container/bottle weight. Novel geometric contoured shapes enhance container resistance performance, supporting use of softer alloys or lower temper and yield strength to benefit post-processing efficiency and forming processes improvements while being configured to initiate controlled sequential dome profile deformation.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: CAN FORMING TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: James Alan Sines
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Patent number: 10427829Abstract: A thinned metal can end having a non-uniform thickness profile is provided. The can end has a central panel having at least a first thickness, a middle portion having at least a second thickness greater than the first thickness, and an end portion having at least a third thickness greater than the first and second thicknesses. The can end is configured to be joined to a can wall by a double seam.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Silgan Containers LLCInventors: Gerald James Baker, Michael Patrick Moore
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Patent number: 9222697Abstract: A water heater is provided that includes a centering ring or thermal barrier that facilitates centering or alignment of the water tank while also diminishing heat loss through the bottom of the water heater. Features are provided with the bottom of the water heater and centering ring that can also improve the stability of the water heater when placed in a vertically upright position.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Samuel V. DuPlessis
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Patent number: 9027770Abstract: The bottle is provided with a base portion installed on the outer circumference brim of the bottom, a central recess installed inside the base portion and recessed toward the inside of the bottle, an annular wall portion installed between the base portion and the central recess and inclined so as to elevate gradually from the base portion to the central recess, and a plurality of ribs installed side by side at the annular wall portion in the circumferential direction of the bottom and protruding toward the inside of the bottle. The ribs are provided with a rising wall portion rising toward the inside of the bottle and an inclined wall portion inclined from the upper brim of the rising wall portion toward the lower brim of the rising wall portion of an adjacent rib. The rising wall portion is inclined more steeply than the inclined wall portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2006Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimasa Tanaka, Hiroaki Imai, Takao Iizuka
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Patent number: 8998023Abstract: A spherical object formed of several joint parts and a method for producing a spherical object formed of several joint parts, where the spherical object includes at least twenty pieces of hexagonal panel type elements and at least twelve pieces of pentagonal panel type elements. The radius of curvature of each panel type element is shaped in such a way that, when assembled, the elements make up a hollow spherical object with a radius of not less than 1.5 meters. Each panel type element is additionally provided with an attachment and handling cap.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Vaasaball LNG Products OyInventor: Juha Ari Niemi
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Patent number: 8985386Abstract: A plastic container having a container body and a permanently attached container lid is provided. The container lid is attached to the container body by a living hinge such that the entire plastic container is a one-piece construction. The container lid is pre-curved such that in an open state the container lid is curved. However, when the container lid mates with the container body in a closed state, at least a portion of the container lid that was previously curved becomes substantially planar such that portions of the lid remain biased into the container body. The container can also incorporate a carrying feature for receiving and positioning articles therein, as well as a sealing chamfer for reducing the likelihood of the ingress of foreign matter into an interior cavity of the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Sussex IM, Inc.Inventor: Keith S. Everson
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Patent number: 8973780Abstract: A can end for a two-piece beverage can is described. The can end has a center panel positioned about a vertical center axis. The center panel has a means for opening the can end located on a public side. A circumferential strengthening member is located about the center panel. A wall extends upwardly from the circumferential strengthening member. A curl is joined to an upper end of the wall. The curl defines an outer perimeter of the can end. A reinforcing bead is located on the wall between an uppermost portion of the wall and a lowermost portion of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Rexam Beverage Can CompanyInventors: Randall G. Forrest, Timothy L. Turner
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Publication number: 20150059858Abstract: A vertical hydraulic tank includes an upper cylindrical section and a lower conical section, with an outlet in the lower conical section. A lower multi-path manifold is attached to the outlet, the manifold including a vertical conduit in fluid communication with the outlet and a plurality of horizontal conduits in fluid communication with the vertical conduit. An upper multi-path manifold can also be attached to the tank with a plurality of upper horizontal conduits and a vertical conduit in fluid communication with the upper cylindrical section of the tank. Valves may be provided along the vertical conduit and the horizontal conduits to regulate flow of material through the conduits. A pump may be connected to either the upper manifold or the lower manifold, or both by way of a pump conduit. Multiple tanks can be connected together by way of tubing between the manifolds of each tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventor: Stan Ellis
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Patent number: 8931660Abstract: A drawn aluminum can shell has a peripheral crown which is double-seamed with an end portion of an aluminum can body to provide a can end having a generally flat center panel connected by an inclined curved or straight panel wall to an inclined inner wall of an annular U-shaped countersink. The countersink has an outer wall which connects with an inclined lower wall portion of a chuck wall at a junction below the center panel, and the chuck wall has a curved or inclined upper wall portion which connects with an inner wall of the crown. The chuck wall also has an intermediate wall portion forming a break, and the inner bottom width of the countersink is less than the radial width of the panel wall. The inclined upper wall portion of the chuck wall extends at an angle greater than the angle of the inclined lower wall portion of the chuck wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignees: Ball Corporation, Container Development, Ltd.Inventors: R. Peter Stodd, Jess N. Bathurst
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Patent number: 8893917Abstract: An overflow pan for a water heater utilizing recycled material for cost and material efficiency. The overflow pan includes a bottom, a sidewall with an outlet for water drainage therefrom as is standard, a U-shaped lip and a plurality of ribs spaced therearound. The pan bottom includes an exterior surface having a series of regular hexagon shapes, each comprising a concave web for material reduction while retaining integrity and durability.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey R. Russell, David M. Krawiec
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Patent number: 8875936Abstract: An end for a beverage can is described. The end has a product side, an opposing public side, a center panel, an annular countersink, a circumferential wall, and a curl. The center panel has a means for opening the end. The annular countersink extends circumferentially about the center panel. The circumferential wall extends upwardly from the countersink and has an angled portion extending radially inwardly toward the center panel. The curl is located radially outward relative to the center panel and defines an outer perimeter of the end.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Rexam Beverage Can CompanyInventors: Timothy L. Turner, Randall G. Forrest
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Patent number: 8875921Abstract: A container made of thermoplastic material, including a body that extends between a neck and a base that is able to withstand, without significantly deforming, a hydrostatic pressure caused by the column of a liquid contained in the container, the column of liquid being increased by a pressure not exceeding 2×105 Pa. The base includes main ribs in the form of grooves that are open towards the outside and extend approximately radially, passing through an annular zone that forms an approximately flat seat by way of which the base can rest in a stable manner on a flat support. The main ribs extend upwards on a wall connecting the base to the body of the container. The container has a shoulder that forms a joining zone between the connecting wall and the body of the container, and the main ribs extend upwards beyond the shoulder.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Sidel ParticipationsInventors: Wilfried Hermel, Pierrick Protais
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Publication number: 20140263372Abstract: A container including a sidewall and an end panel is provided. The end panel includes a center panel, an elastic portion, and a frustoconical transition portion. The center panel and the elastic portion are configured to transition between a first configuration and a second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Richard Brewer, Michael Gurka, Jianwen Hu, Gerald Baker, Alvin Widitora, Jeffery Schlei
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Patent number: 8789721Abstract: A square can capable of securing high sealing performance even if a curvature radius of a seamed portion at a seamed corner portion is reduced, enabling a reduction in a countersink depth, reduced in size, having excellent sealing ability and storage efficiency and a method and an apparatus for double seaming the square can. A second seaming roll (55) is guided by a model cam for second seaming having a model cam surface for second seaming formed in such a shape that it is swelled from a model cam surface for first seaming outwards at a corner seamed portion (5). Accordingly, the seaming shape of the corner seamed portion (5) is formed in such a shape that the seaming width thereof at the center of the corner seamed portion is larger than the seaming width of a linear sealed portion (4) and is swelled outwards to absorb an increase in sheet thickness at the corner seamed portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Kei Oohori, Kiyotaka Yoshida, Sunao Morishita, Kanji Kuroda, Norifumi Yasuda, Kazuo Ando, Hisashi Katoh
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Patent number: 8783487Abstract: A container made of silicone resin is sufficiently compactable in a collapsed state. The container includes a tubular barrel portion, a bottom portion having a flat surface, a mouth portion having an opening, and a lid portion sealing the opening of the mouth portion, with at least the barrel portion and the bottom portion formed by molding. One end of a binder is attached to the mouth portion and can hold the rolled-up barrel portion and the bottom portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Inventor: Masaru Hojo
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Patent number: 8783495Abstract: A can end for a beverage container has a circumferential curl positioned about a longitudinal axis, a wall extending downwardly from the curl, a strengthening member joined to the wall, and a center panel joined to the strengthening member and extending radially inwardly relative to longitudinal axis. A rivet is located at a center position of the center panel. A frangible score has terminal ends located on a common side of the rivet. The terminal ends are separated by a non-frangible hinge segment. A displaceable tear panel is defined by the frangible score and the non-frangible hinge segment. A non-detachable tab has a nose and a lift end. The nose overlies a portion of the displaceable tear panel. A deboss groove is located on the public side of the center panel and extends downwardly in a direction towards the product side. The deboss groove is located adjacent the score line.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Rexam Beverage Can CompanyInventor: Randall G. Forrest
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Patent number: 8672173Abstract: A commodity tank for use with an air seeding implement includes a series of panels arranged to form an enclosure defining a volume configured to hold a supply of commodity. At least one or more of the panels has a warping-reducing bend formed therein. The commodity tank further has a series of tubular members with each tubular member located between adjacent and perpendicular panels to define a respective corner of the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: CNH Canada, Ltd.Inventors: Kevin Hall, Darwin Zacharias
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Patent number: 8631962Abstract: The container includes a peripheral side wall, whose upper peripheral edge defines a retention hook with a profile in the form of an inverted U, having an inner side leg, an arched base leg (lib) and an outer lateral leg (lie). An upper end wall of the container includes a median panel and a peripheral upper skirt having an end edge defining a closure hook with a profile in the form of an inverted U, having an inner side portion, an arched base portion, and an outer side portion which incorporates an upwardly projecting end flange. The closure hook is fitted onto the retention hook and radially inwardly deformed, compressing an elastic sealing element between the two hooks and maintaining the end flange projecting upwardly to the interior of the retention hook.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Brasilata S.A. Embalagens MetalicasInventors: Antonio Carlos Teixeira Alvares, Silverio Candido da Cunha
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Publication number: 20140008367Abstract: A beverage delivery can may comprise various configurations. Such configurations may comprise various aperture shapes, sizes, and configurations and various shapes, textures, configurations, and dimensions of the lid and surface of the can. A beverage can may comprise various exterior shapes such as a tapered shape, a faceted shape, a pint glass shape and the like. In embodiments, the beverage can may comprise various types of nucleation devices. In embodiments, various external packaging may be used with one or more beverage delivery cans.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: Boston Beer CorporationInventors: Jeewon Jung, Oivind Brockmeier, Charles James Koch, Peter D. Gladstone, Zebulon Stevens Robbins, Andrew S. Gavrin
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Patent number: 8534485Abstract: A lid (2) for a can (1) has a general shape defining a main plane (9) and a depression (10) arranged in the lid. The bottom wall of the depression is tilted relative to the main plane of the lid, and to a method for orientating lids.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Impress Group B.V.Inventor: Hein Willem Leendert Van Jaarsveld
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Patent number: 8517176Abstract: A container configured to be stacked adjacent to a second container is provided. The container includes a sidewall having a first end, an end wall having a peripheral edge, a seam coupling the peripheral edge of the end wall to the first end of the sidewall, and an alignment feature coupled to the seam. The alignment feature includes an inner surface. The alignment feature is positioned relative to the seam such that, when the container is stacked adjacent to the second container, the inner surface of the alignment feature contacts an outer surface of a seam of the second container, the contact resisting lateral movement of the container relative to the second container.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Silgan Containers LLCInventors: Gerald Baker, Thomas Murphy
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Patent number: 8505765Abstract: A beverage can end closure is provided which utilizes less material and has an improved internal buckle strength based on the geometric configuration of a chuck wall, inner panel wall and central panel, and a substantially linear chuck wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Ball CorporationInventor: Joseph D. Bulso
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Patent number: 8499964Abstract: A snow collector device for the collection and disposal of snow before the snow collects on a driveway, sidewalk, or parking lot, including a storage container having concave first and second walls to prevent the snow compaction against the storage container and having an internal cavity accessed through an open top end for receiving snow therein; an access door disposed on a front wall, an a strap pivotally attached to the front and rear walls; and magnets on the rear wall to secure the storage container to a vehicle exterior. A flag having an elongated post is vertically disposed on the top end perimeter at each corner thereof for high visibility. A large version is mounted to a pallet configured for lifting by a forklift to dispose of snow collected in the storage container.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Inventor: Stephen Allick
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Patent number: 8490825Abstract: Over the years there have been numerous attempts to improve the can lid oftentimes found on aluminum beverage can lids. The aims have traditionally been to reduce costs and improve performance. These aims have been accomplished through a variety of means, such as creating different formations within the can lid to reduce the amount of metal used while maintaining performance levels. Here, step portions are utilized between the annular countersink and the center panel of the can lid that cause a curvature of the center panel or to simply provide an angled inside wall. These formations, thus, reduce the amount of metal used while maintaining quality and yielding the desired performance.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2005Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Inventors: James Reed, Christopher G. Neiner
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Publication number: 20130119073Abstract: The present disclosure provides a container base and tray having a container securing portion and a tray or tote portion. The container securing portion secures a container, such as a paint container, to the base and allows a user to transfer the container base and tray (when the container is secured thereto) by way of the container handle. The container securing portion and the tray or tote portion may comprise a single component or may comprise separate, connectable, components. In one embodiment, the tray may include a plurality of means to secure containers having different sized bases.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Inventor: Debra Starkey-Johnson
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Patent number: 8328041Abstract: A can end includes a peripheral cover hook a chuck wall dependent from the interior of the cover hook, an outwardly concave annular reinforcing bead extending radially inwards from the chuck wall, and a central panel supported by an inner portion of the reinforcing bead, characterized in that, the chuck wall is inclined to an axis perpendicular to the exterior of the central panel at an angle between 20° and 60°, and the concave cross-sectional radius of the reinforcing bead is less than 0.75 mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mouayed Mamdooh Brifcani, Peter James Hinton, Mark Christopher Kysh
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Publication number: 20120292329Abstract: The present invention describes a beverage can end which utilizes less material and has an improved internal buckle strength based on the geometric configuration of a chuck wall, inner panel wall and central panel, and which, in one embodiment utilizes a substantially linear chuck wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: BALL CORPORATIONInventor: Joseph D. Bulso
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Patent number: 8313004Abstract: A drawn aluminum can shell has a peripheral crown which is double-seamed with an end portion of an aluminum can body to provide a can end having a generally flat center panel connected by an inclined curved or straight panel wall to an inclined inner wall of an annular U-shaped countersink. The countersink has an outer wall which connects with an inclined lower wall portion of a chuckwall at a junction below the center panel, and the chuckwall has a curved or inclined upper wall portion which connects with an inner wall of the crown. The chuckwall also has an intermediate wall portion forming a break, and the inner bottom width of the countersink is less than the radial width of the panel wall. The inclined upper wall portion of the chuckwall extends at an angle greater than the angle of the inclined lower wall portion of the chuckwall.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Ball CorporationInventors: R. Peter Stodd, Jess Bathurst
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Publication number: 20120261411Abstract: A liner system for use with a carton of pre-packaged products to protect the carton from moisture may include a substantially continuous liner including a bottom panel and side and end wall panels extending upward from the bottom panel and defining an open top and the liner may be adapted for positioning in the carton prior to placement of the pre-packaged products and may include positioning features configured to maintain a position of the pre-packaged products.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Inventors: Robert G. Buchenan, William Harvey, Mark Sinn, Joseph Sullivan, Terry Staed
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Patent number: 8245847Abstract: The present invention pertains to a plastic container configured to hold food or food related products, including cheese. The container includes upper and lower container walls separated by an integral annular stacking bead and an integral container bottom featuring an exterior side having a plurality of annular and radial reinforcing ribs. The lower container wall features vertical ribs defined by smooth curves that span at least ninety-five percent of the lower container height. The stacking bead is inwardly offset from the upper wall of the container in order to facilitate the nesting of the container within the lower portion of another container and to prevent the containers from being wedged within one another when they are nested. The arrangement of the annular and radial ribs on the exterior side of the container bottom provide increased strength to the container and prevent the container from deforming when filled.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Inventor: Warren Brent Davis
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Patent number: 8245872Abstract: The invention relates to a rigid or semirigid plastic part designed to form the bottom of a package whose side wall consists of a laminated film. The plastic part has a central axis and includes the following features: a peripheral welding zone designed to contact and be welded to the inside surface of the side wall; a convex inside face and a concave outside face; the inside face and the outside face each comprise a zone whose centre is on the axis and which is designed to contact a tool used to attach the part to the side wall; and a profile at least partially defined by a curve. The invention also relates to a package having a bottom consisting of the plastic part.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2007Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Aisapack Holding S.A.Inventors: Dominique Hanot, Stéphane Mathieu
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Patent number: 8235244Abstract: A beverage can end is provided which utilizes less material and has an improved internal buckle strength based on the geometric configuration of a chuck wall, inner panel wall and central panel, and which, in one embodiment utilizes an arcuate shaped chuck wall with a radius of curvature between about 0.140 inches and 0.250 inches.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Ball CorporationInventor: Joseph D. Bulso
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Patent number: 8205477Abstract: A metallic container end closure is provided which includes a channel or groove in a predetermined location in at least one of an inner panel wall, outer panel wall, or chuckwall, and which is formed by a shaping tool. An apparatus and method for spin-forming the end closure with the improved geometry is also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Ball CorporationInventors: Kevin Reed Jentzsch, Howard Chasteen, Mark A. Jacober
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Publication number: 20110240659Abstract: A crate comprises a bottom and two respective pairwise opposing side walls and end walls, wherein the bottom is arch-shaped curving towards the interior of the crate, such that a space between a lower surface of the bottom and a plane defined by a lower end of the crate is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: IFCO SYSTEMS GMBHInventor: Wolfgang ORGELDINGER
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Patent number: 8011527Abstract: A can end for a two-piece beverage can is described. The can end has a center panel positioned about a vertical center axis. The center panel has a stay-on tab opening assembly located on a public side. A reinforcing bead surrounds the center panel. The reinforcing bead has an inner curved portion having a radius of curvature located radially inwardly from an outer curved portion having a radius of curvature. The radius of curvature of the outer curved portion is greater than the radius of curvature of the inner curved portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Rexam Beverage Can CompanyInventors: Randall G. Forrest, Timothy L. Turner
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Publication number: 20110210129Abstract: The container includes a peripheral side wall, whose upper peripheral edge defines a retention hook with a profile in the form of an inverted U, having an inner side leg, an arched base leg (lib) and an outer lateral leg (lie). An upper end wall of the container includes a median panel and a peripheral upper skirt having an end edge defining a closure hook with a profile in the form of an inverted U, having an inner side portion, an arched base portion, and an outer side portion which incorporates an upwardly projecting end flange. The closure hook is fitted onto the retention hook and radially inwardly deformed, compressing an elastic sealing element between the two hooks and maintaining the end flange projecting upwardly to the interior of the retention hook.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Antonio Carlos Teixeira Alvares, Silverio Candido da Cunha
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Patent number: 7992745Abstract: A water resistant absorbent towel dispenser. The dispenser includes a container having top, bottom and side walls housing a supply of absorbent towels, and an exterior handle for facilitating transport of the dispenser. The top wall includes a finger-accessible opening through which absorbent towels may be withdrawn. In certain embodiments, the top wall is convex upwardly, but is flexible to enable it to be depressed when dispensers are stacked vertically so as to come into load bearing contact with the towel supply. In some embodiments, the top and bottom walls have interlocking configurations to add lateral stability to vertically stacked dispensers.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Sellars Absorbent Materials, Inc.Inventors: John C. Sellars, Jerry Ballas, Balbir Singh, Neal D. Watson, Ronald A. Bogdanovich
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Patent number: 7938290Abstract: The present invention describes a beverage can end which utilizes less material and has an improved internal buckle strength based on the geometric configuration of a chuck wall, inner panel wall and central panel, and which, in one embodiment utilizes an arcuate shaped chuck wall with a radius of curvature between about 0.150 inches and 0.250 inches with at least one transition zone positioned between an upper and lower end of the chuck wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Ball CorporationInventor: Joseph D. Bulso
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Patent number: 7874450Abstract: A lid for a beverage can possessing excellent characteristics in pressure resistant strength in which a predetermined pressure requirement is ensured by a simple gauging down. An annular groove portion of the can lid is formed to have such cross-sectional shapes that a panel wall portion is connected to a chuck wall radius portion so that a tangential line at a second contact point is vertical with respect to an axial direction of a center panel portion, while a chuck wall portion is connected to the chuck wall radius portion so that a tangential line at a first contact point is inclined to the radially inner side, and a curved portion with a radius R1 is provided at a height h1 from the lowest point of the chuck wall radius portion and bent to the radially outer side.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2008Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaishi, Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Shibasaka, Masaomi Tamura, Hideki Nishimoto
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Publication number: 20100320214Abstract: Container assembly comprising a container and a chime fixed to each other, the container having an end part and a peripheral side wall, characterized in that the fixation between the chime and the container is situated at the end part of the container and at a distance from said peripheral side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2008Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Albert Wauters, Iain McDerment
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Patent number: 7819275Abstract: A drawn aluminum can shell has a peripheral crown which is double-seamed with an end portion of an aluminum can body to provide a can end having a generally flat center panel connected by an inclined curved or straight panel wall to an inclined inner wall of an annular U-shaped countersink. The countersink has an outer wall which connects with an inclined lower wall portion of a chuckwall at a junction below the center panel, and the chuckwall has a curved or inclined upper wall portion which connects with an inner wall of the crown. The chuckwall also has an intermediate wall portion forming a break, and the inner bottom width of the countersink is less than the radial width of the panel wall. The inclined upper wall portion of the chuckwall extends at an angle greater than the angle of the inclined lower wall portion of the chuckwall.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignees: Container Development, Ltd., Ball CorporationInventors: R. Peter Stodd, Jess N. Bathurst
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Patent number: 7780025Abstract: A base for a plastic container defining a central longitudinal axis. The base includes an annular standing ring portion defining a standing surface. The base includes a substantially cylindrical ring portion extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the standing surface. The base further includes a substantially concave dome portion extending inwardly from the substantially cylindrical ring portion to the longitudinal axis. The concave dome portion of the base includes a first plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis, and a second plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis. At least a portion of each of the second plurality of substantially triangular panels is circumferentially and longitudinally offset from the first plurality of substantially triangular panels. A container preform and method of hot filling a plastic container are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Charles P. Simpson, Jr., Todd Budden, John Philip Dinkel
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Patent number: 7748563Abstract: An end member (130) for a container has a central panel (12) extending radially outwardly from a central axis. A first panel radius (114) is located along a peripheral edge of the central panel (12). A countersink (16) is integral with the first panel radius (114). A chuckwall (15) extends upwardly from the countersink (16) to a seaming curl (14) located at an outer perimeter of the end member (130). An approach point (134) is defined by a lower outer position of an axially stacked second end member (132). A bend (108) is located on the chuckwall (15). The bend (108) having an outwardly directed angle with a radius of curvature (RCW1) which adapted to position the chuckwall (15) radially outwardly of the approach point (134) and in spaced relationship thereto.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Rexam Beverage Can CompanyInventors: Timothy Turner, Randy G. Forrest, Rajesh Gopalaswamy
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Patent number: 7732035Abstract: A base for a plastic container is disclosed. The base includes a central vertical axis; an outer supporting annular portion for supporting said container on a surface; a central portion of the base, the central portion provided about said central vertical axis; and a base portion. The base portion extends between the annular portion and the central support portion of the base. The base portion includes at least two lugs that extend radially from a position adjacent the annular portion towards the central portion, the lugs including at least two stepped segments.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Marc A. Pedmo, James J. Miller