Patents Assigned to Liquid Container Corporation
  • Patent number: 5865292
    Abstract: A vacuum conveyor made up of a plenum and a moving plastic chain with attached buckets shaped to guide and accept and emerging molded article which travelling at zero relative velocity operates as a picker device for a blow molding machine of the type having a rotating mold wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Liquid Container Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Aguilar, Larry A. White
  • Patent number: 5076992
    Abstract: An in-mold labeling method and apparatus for a blow molding machine having a primary circular multiple mold path. A continuous drive closed circuit is provided by a guide track and forms a secondary path in which a carriage or trolley carrying an air actuated device for picking and holding a label for transport to a matched segmental transfer station at which the mold parts and the carriage move in unison at zero relative velocity during which the label is automatically deposited in a mold for application to the plastic part being formed by the mold. Thereafter, the carriage or trolley is conditioned to pick up another label. The continuous driving of both the blow molding machine and the in-mold label dispenser is synchronized for unison uninterrupted operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Liquid Container Corporation
    Inventor: Frank T. Keyser
  • Patent number: 5028229
    Abstract: An in-mold labeling method and apparatus for a blow molding machine having a primary circular multiple mold path. A continuous drive closed circuit is provided by a guide track means and forms a secondary path in which a carriage or trolley carrying an air actuated means for picking and holding a label for transport to a matched segmental transfer station at which the mold parts and the carriage move in unison at zero relative velocity during which the label is automatically deposited in a mold for application to the plastic part being formed by the mold. Thereafter, the carriage or trolley is conditioned to pick up another label. The continuous driving of both the blow molding machine and the in-mold label dispenser is synchronized for unison uninterrupted operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: Liquid Container Corporation
    Inventor: Frank T. Keyser
  • Patent number: 4973241
    Abstract: An in-mold labeling apparatus for a blow molding machine having a primary circular multiple mold path. A continuous drive closed circuit is provided by a guide track means and forms a secondary path in which a carriage or trolley carrying an air actuated means for picking and holding a label for transport to a matched segmental transfer station at which the mold parts and the carriage move in unison at zero relative velocity during which the label is automatically deposited in a mold for application to the plastic part being formed by the mold. Thereafter, the carriage or trolley is conditioned to pick up another label. The continuous driving of both the blow molding machine and the in-mold label dispenser is synchronized for unison uninterrupted operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: Liquid Container Corporation
    Inventor: Frank T. Keyser
  • Patent number: 4919879
    Abstract: An in-mold labeling method and apparatus for a blow molding machine having a primary circular multiple mold path. A continuous drive closed circuit is provided by a guide track means and forms a secondary path in which a carriage or trolley carrying an air actuated means for picking and holding a label for transport to a matched segmental transfer station at which the mold parts and the carriage move in unison at zero relative velocity during which the label is automatically deposited in a mold for application to the plastic part being formed by the mold. Thereafter, the carriage or trolley is conditioned to pick up another label. The continuous driving of both the blow molding machine and the in-mold label dispenser is synchronized for unison uninterrupted operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Assignee: Liquid Container Corporation
    Inventor: Frank T. Keyser
  • Patent number: 4834641
    Abstract: An in-mold labeling apparatus is disclosed for a blow molding machine having a primary circular multiple mold path. A continuous drive closed circuit is provided by a guide track means and forms a secondary path in which a carriage or trolley carrying an air actuated means for picking and holding a label for transport to a matched segmental transfer station at which the mold parts and the carriage move in unison at zero relative velocity during which the label is automatically deposited in a mold for application to the plastic part being formed by the mold. Thereafter, the carriage or trolley is conditioned to pick up another label. The continuous driving of both the blow molding machine and the in-mold label dispenser is synchronized for unison uninterrupted operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Liquid Container Corporation
    Inventor: Frank T. Keyser