Patents by Inventor Earl R. Van Alsburg

Earl R. Van Alsburg 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).

  • Can support system
    Patent number: 4389147
    Abstract: A mechanism for locating a hollow tubular can body relative to an internal support mandrel including a resilient member adapted to bear against a portion of the can body in order to positively locate same. Also included is a fixed relationship between the mandrel and support apparatus located on the machine whereby the biasing of the can body toward said support apparatus acts to adjust the axial position of the can body with respect to at least one of its surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1983
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventor: Earl R. Van Alsburg
  • Container shape
    Patent number: 4264017
    Abstract: A bottom profile for a cylindrical two-piece drawn steel can is configured during manufacture so that the resultant shape may subsequently be altered by pushing downward at the outer profile ring adjacent the periphery with a simple cylindrical tool, thereby achieving a finished container with the desired configuration to be functionally and operationally interchangeable in a packing and processing line with traditional three-piece containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Karas, Guy C. Richards, Earl R. Van Alsburg