Patents by Inventor Terry Clair Potter

Terry Clair Potter 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 of controlling shrinkage of a sleeve wrap on a container
    Patent number: 4016706
    Abstract: A method of forming a substantially encapsulating layer of a heat shrinkable polyolefin plastic on a glass container in which the neck, shoulder and body onto the bearing bottom surface of the container is covered. The body of the container is substantially greater in diameter compared with the neck. A cylindrical sleeve of the polyolefin is telescopically placed along the outer surface of the container and the two are conveyed together into a heating oven for shrinking the sleeve snugly over the container. Upon application of heat in the oven, the polyolefin initially softens and becomes limp such that the sleeve tends to fold over or upon shrinking creates wavy top margins on the shrunken covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1977
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick William Braker, Russell William Heckman, George Allen Nickey, Terry Clair Potter