Abstract: Apparatus for measuring the forces applied to a pull tab during the formation of an opening in a container lid having an upper and lower surface with a pull tab hingedly secured on the upper surface and a score line in the container lid defining an opening and wherein one container lid at a time is fed into a holder having an opening therein so that a substantial portion of the upper surface of the container lid and all of the pull tab are exposed. A rotatable pull tab positioning head having a generally planar surface in which a recess in the shape of pull tab is formed is moved into resilient contact with the pull tab and is rotated relative to the container lid until the pull tab moves into the recess and thereafter the container lid and pull tab rotate with the positioning head to position the pull tab at a predetermined location. A load cell assembly having a pivotal hook member is moved into position with the hook member between the upper surface of the container lid and the pull tab.

Abstract: Can ironing die members for use in a tool pack assembly which is part of a can body making apparatus used in forming cups into can bodies and wherein each can ironing die member is mounted in a fixedly mounted holding means so that the can ironing die member can be moved by the cup from an initial location to a new location if the longitudinal axes of the cup and the can ironing die member are not in alignment and retaining apparatus for retaining the can ironing die member at the new location until moved again by an out of alignment cup.

Abstract: A keg board for use in stacking beer kegs and the like in an upright orientation during storage and transporation of the kegs comprising: a generally planar surface for engaging and supporting a generally planar end surface of each keg; and pockets operatively associated with the planar surface for limiting relative lateral shifting movement of the kegs such as caused by shocks and vibration associated with transporting of the kegs.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring the phasing relationship of a moving web of material of the type having a repeating series of graphics patterns thereon which repeat at ordinarily constant distance repeat length intervals of web travel and which contain separate repeating indicia portions which define a repeating indicia set which are positioned in a repeating indicia path extending longitudinally of the web comprising: an indicia detection device for providing an indicia detection pulse signal; a web travel sensing device for providing a web movement signal; an indicia profiling device for processing the indicia pulse signal and the web monitoring signal for generating a unique indicia image for each of the repeating indicia in a selected repeat length portion of the web; an indicia image storage device for identifying and storing the indicia images from a first selected repeat length portion of the web; a register indicia designation device for initially designating one of the repeating indicia to be register in

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the relative coverage of a predetermined portion of a sheet of translucent material with an opaque medium such as ink or photographic emulsion, comprising: a light source for providing a relatively constant intensity source of light over a predetermined measuring area; a positioning device for positioning the predetermined portion of the sheet of material to be measured over the predetermined measuring area of the light source; a light measuring device for measuring the relative amount of light from the light source which is transmitted through the predetermined portion of the sheet of material to be measured, whereby the relative amount of opaque medium coverage of the portion of the sheet to be measured is readily determinable by comparison of the measured amount of light transmitted through the predetermined portion of the sheet to be measured with predetermined calibration values.

Abstract: A redraw apparatus is provided for a can body making apparatus wherein the redraw carriage of the redraw apparatus is mounted for substantially friction-free sliding reciprocating movement over a pair of spaced apart support posts which are fixedly mounted on the housing holding the can forming and ironing dies. Also, a counterbalancing system is provided for applying a force to counterbalance the weight of a portion of structures used to reciprocate the redraw carriage.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a moving web of laminated composite material of the type having a relatively thin film layer adhered to a relatively thick paper layer for eliminating the tendency of the web to curl toward the film layer side thereof subsequent to being stored on a spool with the film layer of the web positioned inwardly of the paper layer of the web, the film layer and paper layer each having an exposed surface and an attached surface, the attached surfaces of the layers being adhered together, the paper layer having an outwardly positioned thickness portion which terminates at the exposed surface thereof, an inwardly positioned thickness portion which terminates at the attached surface thereof and an intermediately positioned thickness portion positioned between the outwardly positioned thickness portion and the inwardly positioned thickness portion, the outwardly positioned thickness portion being relatively stretched, the inwardly positioned thickness portion being relatively shrunk, the interme

Abstract: A container end member provided with a score line groove defining a severable tab portion that can be severed by applying an inwardly directed force thereto and a hinge portion for retaining the severable tab portion attached to the container end member and a one-piece integrally formed plastic member pivotally secured to the container end member and comprising an elongated body portion having an abutment end portion overlying a portion of the severable tab portion for applying the axially inwardly directed force thereto and a transverse handle end portion overlying another portion of the container end member so that when an axially outwardly directed force is applied to the transverse handle end portion, the elongated body portion will pivot relative to the container end member so that the transverse abutment end portion will apply the axially inwardly directed force to the portion of the severable tab portion to sever the severable tab portion along the score line groove and form an outlet opening in the co

Abstract: A system and method for passing conduit through a wall so as to maintain a firebreak for the wall wherein a coupling having relatively low thermal conductivity properties and relatively high fire resistance properties is mounted in an opening in the wall and secured therein by thermal barrier sealing material and one end of a first conduit is inserted into a first side of the coupling and one end of a second conduit is inserted into a second side of the coupling and wherein the first and second conduits have relatively high thermal conductivity properties and wherein the one ends of the first and second conduits are located and maintained a distance from each other so as to provide a thermal barrier therebetween.

Abstract: Apparatus for attachment to a can filler unit which apparatus functions to properly locate a can in relation to a filling apparatus so as to minimize any possible damage to a can and to provide a support for a sealing and pressure relief member when the can filling system is being cleaned.

Abstract: A device and method for forming a moving web of laminated composite material having weakened zones therein from a moving continuous web of relatively extensible plastic film material, having identical sets of graphics printed on nominally constant length repeat length portions thereof which are subject to length variation from a constant design repeat length distance, and a moving continuous web of relatively nonextensible paper material. A method and device for forming a three-layered composite material having weakened zones therein is also described. Carton blanks and liquid tight cartons having tear away tab portions formed from such three-layered composite material are also described.

Abstract: A can bottom forming assembly for forming the bottom wall of a can body. A bodymaker punch urges a can bottom wall first against an outer forming ring, then against a middle forming ring, and then against a domer die.

Abstract: A web width control apparatus for controlling the ratio between web width change and web thickness change during a web length varying operation in a web transport system of the type including a moving web of relatively extensible maerial having a series of repeat length portions therealong which are designed to be presented at a web processing station at a preselected constant design length value and in which each said repeat length portion is subject to stretching or shrinking in length depending upon the tension provided in the region of the web in which said repeat length portion is positioned; and further including a first set of nip rolls operable at a selected surface velocity and a second set of nip rolls operable at a selectively variable surface velocity with respect to the surface velocity of said first set of rolls for causing relative length change in a web portion positioned therebetween for adjustably maintaining the respect length portions of the web at said predetermined design length value at

Abstract: A self-generating gas pressure apparatus such as an expandable closed pouch for placement within a container from which a fluid therein is to be dispensed under pressure. The apparatus has a plurality of internal compartments formed by pressure-rupturable seals and containing respective chemical compounds which when mixed upon adjacent-compartment seal rupture produce a gas. At least one of two adjacently-housed chemical compounds has in addition thereto a nucleating agent such as diatomaceous earth which acts to more rapidly force gas generated in the reaction of the adjacently-housed chemical compounds out of solution and thereby provide an operative pressure to the apparatus more quickly.

Abstract: A system for trimming a can body wherein a can body is positioned within a cutting member so that the cutting member is at the location where the can body is to be trimmed. A resilient, deformable object is inserted into the can body and positioned therein so that at least a portion thereof is located radially opposite portions of the can body on each side of the cutting member. The resilient, deformable object is deformed so as to move a first part thereof against a portion of the can body to prevent longitudinal movement of the can body and then to move a second part thereof against the portion of the can body located between the cutting member and the open end of the can body in a radially outward direction so as to sever that portion from the can body.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the phasing of repeat length portions of a moving web to an operating machine along the web including method and apparatus for measuring instantaneous phasing error between web portions being operated on and the operating machine; method and apparatus for measuring repeat length error in web portions upstream of the operating station; method and apparatus for determining the total distance by which a web portion is out of phase with the operating machine before the web portion is operated on by the operating machine, method and apparatus for adjusting the movement of a web portion relative the movement of the operating machine during the last repeat length of web travel of the web portion before it is operated on by the operating machine; and method and apparatus for monitoring and correcting the phasing adjustment response.

Abstract: A moisture control system is provided for a pelletizing process wherein the moisture content of the pellets leaving the pelletizing process is constantly monitored and differences between the measured moisture content of the pellets and a set point indicating the desired moisture content of the pellets are used to regulate variable process controls in the pelletizing process so that the pellets leaving the pelletizing process will have the proper moisture content. Also, a system for protecting a viewing window of an instrument from contaminants is provided.

Abstract: A sealed end paperboard carton having a pour opening formed in one end panel thereof and a base member formed from a relatively rigid plastic material secured to the one end panel. The base member has a hingedly mounted movable panel which has an integral closure plug fitting into and sealing the pour opening and which may be moved to an open position to permit materials in the carton to be removed through the pour opening and back to a closed position wherein the closure plug seals the pour opening. A retainer tab is provided for holding the movable panel in an open position.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the continuous printing of cylindrical containers which includes a method and apparatus for detecting malfunctions in a skip-print assembly thereof and for responding to detected malfunctions.

Abstract: A joint for connecting a driving means to a driven means for reciprocating movement wherein a confined deformable, non-compressible material is in contact with a surface area of the driving means and with a surface area of the driven means and when a force is applied to the driving means to move the driving means toward the driven means, the deformable, non-compressible material deforms to compensate for any misalignment between the driving means and the driven means until is reaches it non-compressible state so that a uniform force is then transmitted across the surface area of the driven means in one direction to move the driven means.