Patents by Inventor Lawrence Casqueiro

Lawrence Casqueiro 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).

  • Method and apparatus for the scoring and parting of can bodies
    Patent number: 4487539
    Abstract: In the production of metal cans, a sheet metal body plate (blank) is scored with aligned upper and lower score lines and then formed into a cylindrical single can body. Preferably the scoring is in steps; first, scoring the upper score line using a scoring roller and an anvil wheel; and, secondly, scoring the lower score line using a second scoring roller and a second anvil wheel. Then the single can bodies are conveyed by a conveyor belt and rolled over the knife edge (parting edge) of an elongated parting rail, with the parting edge aligned with the score line and with the conveyor applying pressure on each can body to part each one on the parting edge, thereby forming two can bodies from the single can body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: Frederick G. Taylor, Lawrence Casqueiro