Patents Assigned to Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
  • EASILY OPENABLE CAN LID HAVING A MOVABLE PORTION
    Publication number: 20130126528
    Abstract: A can lid of a can provided with an easily openable opening means is disclosed wherein the can lid is equipped with a can lid which is fastened by winding tightly on the can main body and the top end opening of the can main body, a score section installed around the territory of the prearranged opening area and a tab for severing the score section. In the can lid, there is formed a protrusion protruding upward from the can lid in front of the can opening during manufacturing of the can lid, in which it is a collapsing protrusion where the protrusion elastically deforms into the can main body by depressing motion of the user and thereby enables forming of a concave section for easy insertion of the user's finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
  • CAN BODYMAKER
    Publication number: 20130108398
    Abstract: A can bodymaker, which includes a disc feed (1) for feeding a disc (5) directly to the bodymaker itself. A locator (9) positions the disc (5) centrally to a blankholder (12) and a draw pad (10) clamps the disc (5) against a draw die (11). The blankholder (12) then forms the disc into a cup (20) and clamps the cup against a redraw die (14) ready to be picked up by a punch and carried through dies for forming a can body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Egerton, William Woulds
  • CAN MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20130098927
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed which are suitable for use in the manufacture of two-piece metal containers. In particular, a way of making cups from metal sheet is disclosed using a combination of stretching and drawing operations. The resulting cups have the advantage of having a base thickness that is thinner relative to the ingoing gauge of the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart Monro, Alain Presset, Jonathan Riley, Keith Vincent
  • CAN MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20130098926
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed which are suitable for use in the manufacture of two-piece metal containers. In particular, a press is disclosed which makes cup sections from metal sheet using a combination of drawing and stretching operations. The cups resulting from the press have the advantage of having a base thickness that is thinner relative to the ingoing gauge of the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Stuart Monro
  • Can End Having An Annular Rib
    Publication number: 20130098925
    Abstract: A can end includes an annular rib that may be inclines. Some embodiments of the bead form a teardrop shape. The bead of other embodiments are open. A combination beverage can end and can body, and the tooling and method for forming the can end are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  • Closure with sealing insert
    Patent number: 8424706
    Abstract: A closure (1) having a shell (10) and a polymer insert (20). The polymer material of the insert (20) is selected to be sufficiently soft to provide an adequate sealing surface (21) and yet sufficiently stiff to define legs (22), which clip behind the internal curl (11) of the closure shell (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Gordon Robertson, Keith West
  • Resealable Beverage Can End and Methods Relating to Same
    Publication number: 20130082055
    Abstract: A recloseable and resealable beverage can end closure includes a base plate beneath the center panel and a tab plate above the center panel. The closure is slidable relative to the center a panel to uncover the pour aperture and then to position the closure over the pour aperture to enable resealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20130082443
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transferring compressed air between machine elements uses a rotary manifold in which an orifice restrictor is provided between the air supply, between each piston and shoe. The orifice restrictors meter volumetric flow rate during loading and/or unloading cans from the apparatus, thereby optimised compressed air consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
  • Marking of Can Ends And/Or Pull Tabs Using Photonically Sensitive Ink
    Publication number: 20130075296
    Abstract: A system and method for laser marking can ends, especially pull tabs, includes coating a portion of the can end and/or pull tab with a lacquer having a photonically active material and directing a laser to the lacquer to alter the appearance of the of the photonically active material to form an image, especially a high resolution image. The decorated can end and/or tabs may have a high resolution image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  • Bridge turret transfer assembly
    Patent number: 8375759
    Abstract: An apparatus for joining two fixed bases having a plurality of can necking stages, is provided. The apparatus minimizes space, and reduces the diameter of a can neck as it transfers a can body from a first fixed base to a second fixed base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Sanginiti, Roger Witt, Errol Hancock, Robert Chaffer, Robert Rose
  • Easily openable can lid having a movable portion
    Patent number: 8371467
    Abstract: A can lid of a can provided with an easily openable opening means is disclosed wherein the can lid is equipped with a can lid which is fastened by winding tightly on the can main body and the top end opening of the can main body, a score section installed around the territory of the prearranged opening area and a tab for severing the score section. In the can lid, there is formed a protrusion protruding upward from the can lid in front of the can opening during manufacturing of the can lid, in which it is a collapsing protrusion where the protrusion elastically deforms into the can main body by depressing motion of the user and thereby enables forming of a concave section for easy insertion of the user's finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeong-Wook Jeon
  • Detector system for fixing to a can bodymaker and method to dynamically measuring ram alignment in a can bodymaker
    Patent number: 8356508
    Abstract: A real time detector system for monitoring ram alignment in a can bodymaker measures ram (10) position immediately before and during impact with the dome forming station (1). Displacement measurements of the ram enable the user to adjust dome (1) position or otherwise correct ram (10) alignment and avoid multiple can failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Davies
  • BEVERAGE CAN WITH DISC
    Publication number: 20130001230
    Abstract: A beverage can (1) having a base (10) defining a re-entrant bead (17) in which a resilient disc (50) is held captive. The maximum dimension of the disc (50) is designed to be larger than the internal diameter of the re-entrant bead (17) and thus, when the resilient disc (50) is fitted into the re-entrant bead (17), the disc (50) adopts a concave, domed shape. The degree of doming can accommodate any variance between the dimensions of the disc (50) and that of the reformed base (10) of the can (1). One or more drainage ports may be provided on the periphery of the resilient disc (50) so that any liquid trapped between the surfaces of the base (10) and the resilient disc (50) may drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Christopher Ramsey, Polly Firth, Andrew Phillips
  • Cap
    Patent number: D673851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Roby Yates
  • Closure cap
    Patent number: D681459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Ramsey, Bruce John Munn
  • Metal can
    Patent number: D681480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Hedley Maxwell-Wood
  • Closure cap
    Patent number: D682104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Ramsey, Bruce John Munn
  • Closure cap
    Patent number: D682105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Ramsey, Bruce John Munn
  • Closure cap
    Patent number: D682106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Ramsey, Bruce John Munn
  • Closure cap
    Patent number: D682107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Ramsey, Bruce John Munn