Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Pitcher

Timothy J. Pitcher 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 orientating can ends
    Patent number: 4776447
    Abstract: Can ends having an off-center aperture, are each orientated by a resiliently mounted peg which engages a surface of the can end and is rotated about a pitch circle for one complete revolution. The peg seeks and enters the aperture and thereafter causes the can end to rotate with it until it stops at a position corresponding to the desired orientation of the can end. The peg is then withdrawn from the aperture and the can end, supported in a carrier plate and is delivered to a moulding machine (not shown) in which a plastics closure is moulded into the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Metal Box Plc
    Inventor: Timothy J. Pitcher