Patents by Inventor Dirk Vanderlaan

Dirk Vanderlaan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Necked-down can having a false seam and an apparatus to form same
    Patent number: 4927043
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a necked-down, three piece can having a false seam adjacent to the taper of the neck-down portion of the can to fascilitate even-rolling processing of the can after a food product is stored therein. The invention provides a novel apparatus to spin-flow form the neck-down, false seam configuration in the can body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Ihly Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dirk Vanderlaan