Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6966873 | Flush mounted presser assembly A flush mounted presser assembly for a die cutting machine. The presser assembly includes a support member having an upper surface which defines a substantially horizontal plane, a presser movable vertically in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the su... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6066081 | Method and apparatus for attaching a fitment to and sterilizing a container A method and apparatus for attaching a fitment to a container and for disinfecting the container prior to sealing either end of the container. The fitment is attached to the container in a novel apparatus and then the container is fed into an existing for... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5951451 | Apparatus for fitting lid to a container The apparatus (10) for fitting lids (18) to a container (50) is disclosed. The apparatus (10) has an applicator (11,30) and a magazine (12) on which a supply of lids (18) is supported. The applicator (10) may be moved relative to the magazine (12) and pre... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5813963 | Method and apparatus for assembling roe containers A container assembly apparatus and method for assembling a roe shipping container. The lid of the container is manually positioned in contact with one edge of the container. A first button is pressed which allows swing arm to open and allow access by the ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5697876 | Ninety degree pouring spout A spout for a container is provided with depending wings extending down from a bottom edge of the spout. The depending wings terminate in a point for piercing a container. The depending wings permit the spout to pivot ninety degrees from the container to ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5665045 | Ninety degree pouring spout A spout for a container is provided with depending wings extending down from a bottom edge of the spout. The depending wings terminate in a point for piercing a container. The depending wings permit the spout to pivot ninety degrees from the container to ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5083995 | Method of forming a protective chime overlay A corrosion resistent protective plastic overlay is intimately engaged with the chime of a fibre drum and extends from an inner edge portion thermally bonded to the drum lining over the bead and into the exterior chime groove. The overlay is fusion bonded... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4986859 | Method and a device to paste a strip tape onto a packaging web equipped with a liquid pouring hole A method and device to attach a strip tape onto a packaging web having a liquid-pouring hole by a heating element, which is provided with heating coils and an air hole, and a pressure rail which has a tape escape, so that when the strip tape is heat seale... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4692132 | Process for preparing a sealed laminated vessel A sealed laminated vessel is formed from a barrel composed of a laminate including a paper substrate and a metal foil with inner and outer heat-sealable resin layers on both surfaces lapped together to form a straight side seam and a lid member on at leas... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4619636 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing container having bellows bottom and lid In a method of producing a container having a bellows bottom (2) and a protection lid (3), sleeve (1) is maintained in one axial position while a bellows bottom blank (27) is pressed into sleeve (1) to a position whereat it is welded in place by heating t... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4585498 | Method for sealing an emptying opening and an arrangement for the realization of the method A packing container of the non-returnable type is frequently manufactured from laminated material which comprises a central carrier layer of paper with thermoplastic layers applied to both sides. As an opening arrangement, a pre-punched pouring opening is... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4504350 | Cap heat-sealing apparatus for paper containers A cap heat-sealing apparatus for paper containers comprises a vertically movable head, a fixed pressing member provided on the bottom surface of the head, a pair of divided movable pressing members arranged around the fixed pressing member and connected t... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4428741 | Method for forming a seam release strip composite container A composite container for fluent materials in the liquid or semi-frozen state is disclosed, together with a method for making the same. The container includes a vertically arranged body member that is flared at its upper end, and an end closure member is ... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4373928 | Method of making composite container with compressed body wall A composite can construction wherein the body wall, adjacent either one or both cap receiving ends thereof, is inwardly compressed to reduce the outside diameter of the tubular body while maintaining the inside diameter. The compression, reducing the thic... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4264316 | Process for closing containers and foil membrane therefor A container having a generally rectangular rim surrounding its opening is closed by a foil membrane that extends over the rim and is sealed to the rim by inductively heating it. The membrane does not correspond in configuration to the rim, but instead its... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4257316 | Method for pre-cutting labels for composite containers An improved one-step easy-open composite container for dough products and the like, together with a method and apparatus for forming the same, are disclosed, which composite container includes a fibrous body wall layer having an unbonded helical butt join... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4208954 | Method for using container and lid The container of the present invention includes polygonal sidewalls with at least some of the upper edges of the side walls each having a container locking flap thereon and with at least one other of the side walls being free from locking flaps. The lid h... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4198901 | Machine for gripping and sizing containers formed from flexible material A machine for bringing the flexible upright walls of paperboard containers into a predetermined configuration, so that fitment rings may be applied to the upper ends of those containers, includes a pair of captivator chains having parallel inner passes an... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4195555 | Method for folding a polygonal container The method for forming a polygonal container from a blank comprises placing the blank over a polygonal cone having the same number of sides as the side walls of the polygon to be formed. The blank is inverted during placement over the cone so that the upp... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4091718 | Method and apparatus for forming composite container including a tab-cut label layer A one-step easy-open composite container for dough products and the like, together with a method and apparatus for forming the same, are disclosed, which composite container includes a fibrous body wall layer having an unbonded helical butt joint, an impe... | 05/30/1978 |
