Patents Assigned to Exal Corporation
  • Patent number: 11905065
    Abstract: A method for forming a curl on an open end of a metal container, for adapting the metal bottle to be closed by a cap, comprising in sequence: inserting the open end of the metal container into a powered first curler roller housing, wherein the first curler roller housing houses a set of first curler rollers, to deform the open end by turning it outwardly so as to obtain a first stage curl; inserting the open end of the metal container having the first stage curl into a powered second curler roller housing, wherein the second curler roller housing houses a set of second curler rollers, to further deform the open end and first stage curl by turning them outwardly and/or curling them so as to obtain a second stage curl; inserting the open end of the metal container or bottle having the second stage curl into a powered third curler roller housing, wherein the third curler roller housing houses a set of third curler rollers, to further deform the open end and second stage curl by turning them outwardly, curling th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas James Chupak, Keith Osborne Mitchell
  • Patent number: 10160566
    Abstract: A resealable beverage container comprising: a cylindrical body having an open first end portion and a closed second end portion; a radially inwardly extending ledge disposed circumferentially at the open first end portion; a neck section disposed upward from the ledge terminating in an upper edge in an outward curled seal lip defining a pour opening; neck section having a generally cylindrical central upper part having a first diameter; a first set of lug channels formed inward to first diameter about central upper part for cooperation with a removable cap closure member covering the pouring opening and including a top wall and a cap body shaped to extend downward from top wall around the central upper part, cap body terminating in a generally circular lower rim; and a set of lugs inward within cap body to a second diameter less than first diameter to be received in lug channels to retain cap closure member onto neck portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventors: John Samuel McKenzie, Nicholas E. Stanca, Jeffrey Silver Taggart
  • Patent number: 10040622
    Abstract: An aerosol valve movable from a closed position to an open position for retaining a product in, and spraying the product from, a container, comprising: a valve cup positioned on a first end of the container that orients the aerosol valve in the container, wherein the valve cup has a lip that defines a valve cup opening into the container; a valve stem disposed in the valve cup opening so that a first portion of the valve stem is disposed above the lip and a second portion of the valve stem is disposed below the lip within the container, the valve stem having an open first end, a closed second end and defining a longitudinal passageway therebetween with the open first end defining an outlet from the passageway of the valve stem, a side of the valve stem defining at least one inlet into the passageway near the closed second end; a resilient seal disposed in the valve cup opening between the valve stem and the lip, wherein the resilient seal comprises a seal body having a first portion disposed above the lip and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn William Dellinger, Jeffrey Silver Taggart, Nicholas E. Stanca
  • Publication number: 20170333970
    Abstract: A method for forming a curl on an open end of a metal container, for adapting the metal bottle to be closed by a cap, comprising in sequence: inserting the open end of the metal container into a powered first curler roller housing, wherein the first curler roller housing houses a set of first curler rollers, to deform the open end by turning it outwardly so as to obtain a first stage curl; inserting the open end of the metal container having the first stage curl into a powered second curler roller housing, wherein the second curler roller housing houses a set of second curler rollers, to further deform the open end and first stage curl by turning them outwardly and/or curling them so as to obtain a second stage curl; inserting the open end of the metal container or bottle having the second stage curl into a powered third curler roller housing, wherein the third curler roller housing houses a set of third curler rollers, to further deform the open end and second stage curl by turning them outwardly, curling th
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Exal Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas James Chupak, Keith Osborne Mitchell
  • Patent number: 9352378
    Abstract: A die necking apparatus comprising a co-axial helical cam set having a lower cam and an upper cam, the lower cam and upper cam sharing at least one mating surface, the lower cam attached to a co-axial cam center shaft, the upper cam attached to a co-axial forming die, and wherein axial rotation of the upper cam is adjustable relative to the lower cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Flickinger
  • Patent number: D886641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D888576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D888577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D888578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D889995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D894740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D894741
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D894742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D899271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D920117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D920791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D927321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Somerfield
  • Patent number: D932299
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D932924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak
  • Patent number: D1009632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Exal Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Chupak