Patents Assigned to Natico, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4344546
    Abstract: The elements making up the closure of a tight head drum which enables conversion to an open head drum for reuse of the drum in which the drum is formed with a curl at the upper end on which an annular loop of a top head is secured by a banding ring member having a leg portion which is turned inwardly and upwardly to secure the loop onto the curl in a high strength sealed engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: Natico, Inc.
    Inventor: Sidney Dry
  • Patent number: 4174246
    Abstract: A device for applying a pressure sensitive tape for securing covers onto drums in which means are provided for rotation of an arm about the periphery of the cover with the arm containing a pressure roller for pressing the tape into engagement with the edge of the cover as the tape is drawn from the roll about a tensioning post in response to rotation of the arm about the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1979
    Assignee: Natico, Inc.
    Inventor: George D. Ralston
  • Patent number: 4103472
    Abstract: A device for applying pressure sensitive adhesive tape for taping covers onto drums of large capacity including a tape dispensing post, a tensioning post, and a pressure roll, with means for guiding the device during hand actuation about the periphery of the covered drum with cutoff means for severing the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: Natico, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Heringer
  • Patent number: 4010230
    Abstract: A method for producing a container of large capacity formed of an outer shell of structurally strong material and an inner plastic container joined at its upper end portion about the rim of the shell and resting at its bottom end on the bottom wall of the shell with an air cushion between the outer side walls of the plastic container and the inner walls of the shell. A sheet of the plastic is vacuum formed within the outer shell and then allowed to shrink in order to form the air cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1977
    Assignee: Natico, Inc.
    Inventor: William Repenning
  • Patent number: 3975134
    Abstract: Means for vacuum forming a plastic film to form a continuous liner about the interior of a drum, using the drum shell as a mold member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1976
    Assignee: Natico, Inc.
    Inventor: William Repenning