Patents Represented by Attorney Myron E. Click
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Patent number: 4357461Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a saturated polyester resin containing ##STR1## groups and having good stability against generation of acetaldehyde at elevated temperatures, which comprises having an alkali metal salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid present in the melt polymerization reaction mixture during formation of such polyester, in an amount up to 0.5 mol percent based on the saturated di- and polycarboxylic acid moieties entering into the polymerization reaction, and products.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1981Date of Patent: November 2, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventors: Santos W. Go, Dennis J. Burzynski
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Patent number: 4356815Abstract: A solar energy collector and process for its preparation are disclosed in which the collector comprises spaced apart wall members in which one wall member is adapted to face solar radiation, and the other wall member is spaced on the remote side of the first wall member and adapted to contact a heat-absorbing medium. A foil, disposed between the wall members, has coatings on its opposite sides. The side of the foil facing the wall member receiving solar radiation has a solar selective coating, and the other side of the foil facing the other wall member has an emissive coating providing relatively high emissivity in the infrared spectrum. Preferably, the foil is metallic and precoated prior to assembling with other parts of the solar collector.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1980Date of Patent: November 2, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Louis Spanoudis
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Patent number: 4355759Abstract: An improved composite container, and method of forming same, which incorporates a unique plastic end which is compression molded into bonded engagement with a composite container body. The plastic end is formed from a like material which forms the inner or outer lining on the composite container body so as to form a leak-proof seal between the plastic end and the composite container body.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1979Date of Patent: October 26, 1982Assignee: Automated Container CorporationInventor: Ralph G. Amberg
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Patent number: 4350190Abstract: The invention relates to a unique self propelled vehicle capable of transporting massive loads over natural terrain, such as the loading and transporting whole trees from their growing site to a processing station. The invention provides a vehicle having an elongated rigid frame element supported by two spaced sets of quad wheel assemblies, with each assembly permitting movement of individual wheels about both a roll axis parallel to the longitudinal frame element and a pitch axis transverse to the frame element. An operator's platform is adjustably mounted on the forward portion of the rigid frame structure for vertical movements and may carry with it a boom having means on its free end for severing and engaging whole trees or lifting massive objects to deposit same in cradles or a body mounted on the rigid frame element.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1980Date of Patent: September 21, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Bruce J. McColl
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Patent number: 4346809Abstract: A convertible child-resistant closure comprises an outer closure and an inner resilient liner. When applied to a cooperating container in the child-resistant mode, the resilient liner is distorted between the container rim and abutments formed on the outer closure panel, thereby providing an upward locking bias to the closure. The upper surface of the liner includes depressions adapted to receive the abutments only when the liner and the outer closure are in a particular relative angular orientation. To convert the assembly to a closure which is not child-resistant, the liner is removed and reoriented so that the abutments are received within the depressions, thereby preventing the abutments from distorting the liner to provide the locking bias.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1981Date of Patent: August 31, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Maximillian Kusz
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Patent number: 4346694Abstract: A solar collector of modular configuration includes a plurality of evacuated collector elements disposed on opposite faces of a manifold in a staggered array. The manifold includes a central baffle which divides it into two parallel passageways through which the heat transfer medium, typically art, may be supplied to and removed from the collector elements. Each of the collector elements comprises an elongate double wall glass tube with one open end, the annulus between the walls being evacuated to a high vacuum. A thin wall metal distributor tube having a diameter marginally smaller than the inside diameter of the collector element and a length marginally longer seats within the collector element. The annulus defined by the distributor tube and inner collector element wall communicates with the proximate passageway and the distributor tube communicates with the distant passageway.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1981Date of Patent: August 31, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Kenneth L. Moan
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Patent number: 4342943Abstract: A glass composition is disclosed that is useful as a solder glass for sealing components together. However, the glass is also especially adapted for use as an electric resistance film for coating the inner neck or funnel portions of a cathode ray tube to reduce arcing. The glass composition includes primarily the oxides of vanadium and phosphorous with the preferred addition of either zinc oxide or lead oxide. Still other metal oxides may be optionally included such as oxides of barium, antimony, lithium, manganese, silicon, boron, molybdenum and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1979Date of Patent: August 3, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Edward A. Weaver
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Patent number: 4341338Abstract: The invention comprises a corrugated container for high density bulk materials. The side walls of a box or inner tube for a box are formed from two separate corrugated pieces, connected by overlapping seams. Each overlapping piece has a free end which is scored and folded to form an integral vertical support post, in the form of a vertically disposed triangular prism, the apex of which extends towards the interior of the box. The free end of each overlapping piece is tucked within the seam overlap, to secure the triangular post. The triangular vertical support posts in the side walls of the tube increase the stiffness of the side walls to prevent them from bulging under the pressure of the bulk material contained within the box. To increase the strength of the box against stacking forces and internal pressures, the inner box or tube may be placed snugly within an outer corrugated box.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1980Date of Patent: July 27, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Emmons S. Arnold, deceased
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Patent number: 4341318Abstract: A child-resistant closure includes a tamper-proof band which engages an associated container finish, and which must be separated from the remainder of the closure for removal of the closure from the finish. A pull tab and weakening grooves are provided to permit manual separation of the tamper-proof band from the remainder of the closure. A resilient shield integrally formed with the tamper-proof band overlies the pull tab and normally prevents grasping thereof. Removal of the closure is possible only when the shield is manually deflected and held in position while the pull tab is grasped and the tamper-proof band torn away from the remainder of the closure.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1981Date of Patent: July 27, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Ned J. Smalley
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Patent number: 4339260Abstract: A cooling system includes means for maintaining electronic control components of a glassware forming machine at a safe operational temperature. A circuit board heat sink is attached to and substantially covers the component mounting surface of a printed circuit board. The circuit board heat sink includes a thermoconductive pad for each component and a metallic panel. Thermoconductive means engage a portion of the circuit board heat sink to transmit heat energy from the components through the heat sink to a coolant manifold. The thermoconductive means includes at least one card guide for frictionally engaging the circuit board and the circuit board heat sink, and a card rack for supporting the card guide. A coolant manifold has a plurality of passages formed therein for the passage of coolant throughout. The manifold is attached to a housing which encloses and is attached to the card rack and receives the heat energy from the components.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1981Date of Patent: July 13, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventors: William E. Johnson, William H. Ryan
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Patent number: 4337904Abstract: This invention provides an improved method and apparatus for controlling the tension in a tensionally fragile web of material being pulled by a constant speed processing machine from either one of a pair of supply rolls. A first festooning roller effects the control of the web tension during the normal operation of the machine. During the splicing of the web from one supply roll to another, the tension in the web would tend to dramatically increase. This tendency is offset by a second festooning roller engageable with the web and shiftable in a web tension decreasing direction only upon the occurrence of web tensions substantially in excess of the normal tension range. Means are provided to restrict the rate of return movement of the second festooning roller to that which falls within the control limits of the first festooning roller, thus eliminating any tendency to accelerate the new supply roll to a speed above the desired machine operating speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1980Date of Patent: July 6, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventors: Peter S. Miller, Jack H. Myers
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Patent number: 4338116Abstract: An electronic control system for an automatic glassware forming machine includes a plurality of position sensors for monitoring the motions of individual glassware forming mechanisms. The sensors generate output signals which define the start and stop times and/or motion of the respective forming mechanisms. The electronic control is responsive to the sensor output signals for identifying any mechanical dead times in the forming cycle. Mechanical dead time is defined as time during which no machine motions are occurring, but could be occurring without interfering with essential heat transfer functions. The electronic control can then reduce or remove selected mechanical dead times to reduce the machine cycle length, and consequently, increase the production rate of the machine.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1981Date of Patent: July 6, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventors: Norman T. Huff, Donivan M. Shetterly, Lawrence I. Kalisher
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Patent number: 4338115Abstract: A starting safety control circuit for preventing automatic starts after a stop is accomplished in a glassware forming machine. When the machine start switch is actuated, a flag is reset. When the start switch is released, the flag is set. If the machine undergoes a stop, the subsequent actuation of the start switch and the presence of the flag will enable the machine to enter its start and run routines respectively. If the start switch fails in the on mode, the reset flag is not set and, after a stop, the machine is disabled by the presence of the reset flag even though the start signal is being generated by the failed start switch. The resetting and setting of the flag can be delayed by different predetermined times to prevent stray siganls or inadvertent momentary actuation of the start switch from changing the status of the flag. The machine stop can result from the actuation of an emergency stop switch, a programmed stop switch, or a sample switch.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1980Date of Patent: July 6, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Daniel S. Farkas
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Patent number: 4337869Abstract: A closure assembly comprises two separable closure members which are pre-assembled in coaxially stacked relationship, with their top panels aligned in the same direction. The lower closure member of the stack assembly comprises locking elements which are engagable with cooperating locking elements on a container, thereby providing a child-resistant closure. The upper closure is a simple snap cap, plug cap, or other closure which is not child-resistant. The upper closure is removably attached to the lower child-resistant closure by an interference fit between resilient attachment members integrally formed as parts of the upper and lower closures. The assembly can be separated, for use of the upper closure only for sealing the container, thereby providing a choice between a child-resistant and non child-resistant closure.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1981Date of Patent: July 6, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: David P. Guinle
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Patent number: 4337678Abstract: A manually operable tool for removing threaded closures from the necks of bottles is provided. Such tool constitutes a one piece molded plastic structure of generally oval-shaped horizontal configuration having a peripheral depending wall by which torque applied by the fingers may be transmitted to the tool. Within the boundaries of the peripheral wall, a depending circular wall is integrally formed and portions of such circular wall are integral with portions of the peripheral wall. The circular wall is provided with appropriate internal projections or ribs to engage similar ribs or depressions provided on the closure for which the tool is designed.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1981Date of Patent: July 6, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: George V. Mumford
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Patent number: 4334523Abstract: A solar energy collector and process for its preparation are disclosed in which the collector has a solar selective layer of overlying, multiple coatings. The first coating is a reflective metal; the second coating is a semiconductor material being absorbent in the solar spectrum; and the third coating being the coating exposed to solar radiation is a dielectric material defining an anti-reflection guard. The dielectric coating is transparent to radiation in the solar spectrum and has a relatively low refractive index. The thickness of the dielectric coating is of a magnitude to decrease reflectance from the semiconductor coating by destructive interference. The solar selective layer may be prepared by depositing the various coatings in sequence as by thermal evaporation techniques.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1980Date of Patent: June 15, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Louis Spanoudis
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Patent number: 4333577Abstract: A molded thermoplastic closure having a heat shrinkable tamperproof band integrally attached to the lower outside circular edge of the closure skirt by means of circumferentially spaced bridge members. The outside diameter of the tamperproof band is greater than the outside diameter of the skirt, so that the tamperproof band extends at least partially beyond the circular lower skirt edge. The upper edge of the band can be located outside the skirt edge and be connected thereto only by the bridge members, or it can be located partially beneath the skirt and be directly integrally connected thereto through an annular region.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1980Date of Patent: June 8, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: George V. Mumford
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Patent number: 4331247Abstract: A child-resistant container and closure combination includes a one piece molded closure threadable on a container neck. When the closure is fully threaded onto the container neck, a pawl, integrally formed on the bottom of the closure skirt, interlocks with a lug projecting from the container neck to prevent rotational removal of the closure. One end of the pawl is integrally attached to the closure by a relatively thin and flexible bridge, and a slot is formed in the closure skirt immediately above the pawl and bridge. The flexibility provided by the slot and the thin bridge attachment permits the pawl to be manually deflected upwardly to disengage the pawl and lug, thereby permitting rotational removal of the closure.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1980Date of Patent: May 25, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: George V. Mumford
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Patent number: 4330661Abstract: Disclosed are copolyesters based on terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol and bis (4-.beta.-hydroxyethoxyphenyl) sulfone made by solid state polycondensation of a lower molecular weight polymer thereof, a process for making same, and containers, packages and packaging materials made therefrom. The copolyesters have low acetaldehyde content.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1980Date of Patent: May 18, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Santos W. Go
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Patent number: RE30998Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the presence of a gob of molten glass as it enters a cavity in the mold of an automatic glassware forming machine. The detector includes a phototransistor sensor and circuitry for generating a gob detection signal. Two or more detectors can be combined to generate a signal indicating that the last gob has entered a multi-cavity mold so that the forming process can begin. The gob detection signal can also be utilized to adjust the timing of the glassware forming process for differences in the travel time between the gob forming apparatus and the mold.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1981Date of Patent: July 20, 1982Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventor: Homer D. F. Peters