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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5405667 | Plastic container with multilayer label applied by in-mold labeling A plastic container having a multilayer label applied by in-mold labeling during the blow molding of the plastic container. The label comprises a non-cellular inner layer, an intermediate cellular layer compatible with the inner layer and heat bonded to t... | 04/11/1995 |
| 4724029 | Method and apparatus for applying a flexible plastic label to a round container A labeling machine for successively applying flexible plastic labels to round containers, such labeling machine incorporating equipment to sever labels from a web of indefinite length thereof, to apply a leading edge of each of such labels to the peripher... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4704152 | Method of and apparatus for press forming cathode ray tube faceplate panels A cathode ray tube faceplate press having an indexing table rotatable around a column normal to the table and having circular array of female molds concentric with the column. Index speed of the table is optimized by a barrel cam drive cut to provide smoo... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4701612 | Inspection of container finish Apparatus and method for inspecting the finish of transparent containers, particularly glass containers, which include facility for directing diffused light energy laterally through the container finish as the container is rotated about its central axis. ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700860 | Tamper indicating vacuum package A tamper indicating hermetically sealed package comprising a container having a neck with an opening and a closure. The container includes a first annular bead at the upper end adjacent the opening and a second annular bead spaced axially from the first a... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4697716 | Closures with cast sealing gasket A closure for a container comprising a body of synthetic plastic material including a top wall and a peripheral skirt, removably engaging a container. An annular channel is provided on the inner surface of the top wall at the area of juncture of the top w... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4693210 | Quick change fountain In the application of a solvent to a plastic label carried on the surface of a vacuum drum, the solvent for the plastic label is transferred from a gravure roll to the label at finite areas on the label so that the label can adhere to the bottle to be lab... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4691830 | Inspection and sorting of molded containers as a function of mold of origin A completely automated system for inspection and sorting of molded containers, such as glass bottles, as a function of mold cavity of container origin. In a first system section, finished containers are one hundred percent inspected for defects, and a cav... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4690395 | Label magazine A label magazine comprising a tray for supporting a stack of labels and having a device at one end for yieldingly urging the labels toward the other end of the tray and a plurality of circumferentially spaced spring fingers positioned at the other end of ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4687112 | Child-resistant package A child-resistant package that includes a wide mouth blown glass container or blow molded plastic container, and a molded thermoplastic closure that is affixed to the finish portion of such container. The finish portion of the container has a radially out... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4686931 | Apparatus for applying a solvent to plastic labels In the application of a volatile solvent to a plastic, roll-on label for a bottle, a large diameter solvent applicating roll is formed with small diameter gravure rolls that extend from the surface of the solvent applicating roll. The small diameter rolls... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4680000 | Apparatus for applying labels in the molds of a plastic blow molding machine Apparatus for applying labels in the molds of a plastic blow molding machine of the type wherein a plurality of sets of molds are mounted on a wheel rotatable about a horizontal axis and the molds are moved toward and away from one another to enclose a pa... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4679997 | Apparatus for delivering labels to blow molds of a plastic container blowing machine and removing the blown containers with the labels thereon A method and apparatus for delivering labels to the blow molds and removing blown containers with the labels thereon from a blow molding apparatus wherein the apparatus precludes access to the upper or lower ends of the molds. A carriage is reciprocated h... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4678082 | Vacuum indicating thermoplastic closure A vacuum indicating thermoplastic closure for a container for the packaging of a vacuum-packed product, the top panel of the closure containing a circular inner portion which is connected to an outer annular portion by an inner annular portion with a circ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4671836 | Container with solid plastic label and method of applying the label The present invention provides, without the drawbacks accompanied by the use of hot melt adhesives, an attractive, easily recycled labelled container, the solid polymer label, on its underside that is adjacent the container when applied, being provided wi... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4671421 | Plastic container A plastic container which comprises a plastic blow molded container having an annular finish, an insert positioned in the finish and interengaged with the internal surface of the finish. The insert has internal threads for receiving an enlarged closure su... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4671843 | Label transport vacuum drum A cylindrical vacuum drum for carrying a label held to its surface by vacuum past an adhesive applying roll to a position where the label will touch a container and the container will be rolled along the drum surface to thereby apply the label about the c... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4668458 | Method of forming a carbonated beverage package A carbonated beverage package comprising a bottle having a neck with an external thread and a closure comprising a base wall and a peripheral skirt having an internal thread interengaging the thread on the neck. A flexible liner is interposed between the ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4668177 | Core rod assembly for injection blow molding machines A core rod assembly for injection blow molding machines comprising a plurality of hollow core rods each of which has a closed end and an open end which is threaded on a core rod spool that is telescopically received in a core rod body such that the core r... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4666644 | Method of making asymmetrical layered structures from polyalkylene sulfone resins Asymmetrical layered structures such as asymmetrical films are disclosed. The main body section contains a multitude of pores (voids). A thin surface skin is free of pores. The entire structure is fabricated from a polyalkylene sulfone resin in which the ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4664278 | Tamper indicating package A tamper indicating package including a container having a neck with an external thread and an annular retaining bead below the thread and a plastic closure comprising a base wall, a peripheral skirt and a tamper indicating band connected to the free edge... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4664163 | Metering dispensing system A system for metering and dispensing product from a container is illustrated in an embodiment in which a closure, for a container having a neck portion, has a discharge port with a spout pivotally supported in the port. The spout has a top wall which clos... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4663913 | Closure application system A method and apparatus for maintaining critical alignments between the neck of a container and closure application stations. The embodiment disclosed illustrates apparatus for handling containers during the process of filling and applying closures to the ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4664958 | Hollow plastic container having an insert A hollow thermoplastic container having an annular closure receiving insert embedded in the wall thereof made by blowing a hollow preform radially outwardly against the confines of a mold wherein a cone-shaped mandrel is positioned on the wall of the mold... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4662928 | Apparatus for forming a glass bottle finish A neck mold for a glass champagne bottle forming system for forming bottles on the well-known I.S. forming machine is made of two matching halves that form the transfer bead and lower portion of the neck of the bottle mates with an annular, one-piece guid... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4662965 | Adhering heat sensitive labels to containers with hot melt adhesives In order to apply "hot melt" adhesives to thin plastic film labels for glass containers without distorting the labels, a "hot melt" adhesive which is thixotropic is melted at 350° F. and is continuously worked to maintain its viscosity at a fairly low le... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4661188 | Method of applying a plastic label to a container The present invention provides, without the drawbacks accompanied by the use of hot melt adhesives, an attractive, easily recycled labelled container, the label, on its underside that is adjacent the container when applied, being provided with a finite ar... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4657177 | Carton formed from blank of expanded polymer material and blank therefor A six-sided or parallelepiped carton which is formed by folding a die-cut blank of a generally rigid, unitary blank of a polymeric material in which a major portion of the thickness of the blank comprises an expanded polymeric material, at least some of t... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4655356 | Tamper indicating package A tamper indicating package comprising a container having a neck with an external thread and a closure comprising a base wall and a peripheral skirt having an internal thread engaging the thread on the container. The closure includes a tamper indicating b... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4653657 | Tamper indicating package A tamper indicating package comprising a container having a neck with a threaded finish and a closure which includes a base wall and depending peripheral skirt having threads interengaging the threads of the container, and a tamper indicating band attache... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4648831 | Blow molding apparatus A blow molding apparatus wherein a plurality of circumferentially spaced sets of molds are provided for rotation about a horizontal axis and plastic material is extruded in tubular form between the mold sections of each set of molds and the molds are clos... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4645087 | Tamper indicating device Five embodiments of a tamper indicating molded plastic band that locks over a ledge on the closure and beneath a flange on the container. The cylindrical band is molded with continuous locking rings or interrupted tabs joined adjacent the top end bottom e... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4645480 | Method and apparatus for fabricating nestable thermoplastic containers Sleeve fabricating apparatus for fabricating cylindrical sleeves from rectangular blanks of a heat-shrinkable thermoplastic material and for transferring the sleeves, in succession, to frustoconical mandrels of a cup-forming machine. The sleeve-fabricatin... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4644151 | Identification of a molded container with its mold of origin A method and system for identifying a molded container such as a glass bottle with its mold of origin, and a corresponding container. Each container has molded therein a plurality of indicia in the form of surface bumps or protrusions extending in an arcu... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4643330 | Container systems A method of making a package, and the resultant unique package, are disclosed. Spaced closure/container co-engaging means, such as interrupted thread segments, are disclosed which define open channels permitting rinsing and drainage of product, contaminan... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4640855 | Plastic container with integral spout A plastic container with an integral spout comprising a hollow body, a neck having an outer wall and an inner wall formed with internal threads and a spout connected to the inner wall and extending outwardly of the container. The container is formed by bl... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4640428 | High gas barrier plastic closure A plastic closure system for containers or bottles containing liquids under pressure, such as carbonated soft drinks. A liner incorporating a high gas barrier material such as "Eval" in a relatively thin layer is positioned over the end of the container n... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4638916 | Closure with snap-type hinge cap A closure with a snap type hinge cap comprising a first part adapted to interengage with the open neck of a container, a second part forming a cap and an integral hinge interconnecting the first and second parts. Each of the first and second parts compris... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4636166 | Apparatus for applying labels to blow molded articles In the making of hollow plastic articles wherein a label is positioned in each of a plurality of spaced partible molds, a preform is positioned in each set of partible molds and the molds are closed and the preform is blown outwardly into the confines of ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4632300 | Container partition A machine erectable compartmented multi-cell one-piece container partition formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard to separate articles in a box. A rectangular, planar, horizontally-disposed blank of foldable sheet material is cut and folded to... | 12/30/1986 |
