Patents by Inventor Earl Backes

Earl Backes 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).

  • Apparatus for pre-spinning a container
    Patent number: 5122097
    Abstract: An apparatus (40) for pre-spinning a container (44) to be treated on an external surface by a treating surface (66) of a rotating treatment device (68) is provided. The apparatus (40) comprises a first circular drive mechanism (50) which is selectively connectable to a first rotatable drive shaft (48) from a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the first rotatable drive shaft (48). A second circular drive mechanism (56) mounted on a second rotatable drive shaft (60) is operatively associated with the first circular drive mechanism (50). A third circular drive (62) mounted on the second rotatable drive shaft (60) drives a belt (42) which selectively contacts circumferential portions of the container (44) or container support causing the container (44) to spin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Ball Corporation
    Inventors: Howard Chasteen, Earl Backes