Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113374 | Closure for container having removable portion and sealing membrane A closure for a container includes a base having an aperture therethrough, a membrane attached to the bottom of the base and adapted to be attached to the container to seal the opening, a pull tab positioned within the aperture and connected to the base around at le... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7942284 | Apparatus for removing tamper-evident seals from containers An apparatus removes a tamper-evident seal from a mouth of a container and retains the tamper-evident seal to prevent any of the seal from falling into the container. The apparatus includes a body having a top surface and a bottom surface. A sidewall circumscribes t... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7225947 | Pouring spout seal for composite packagings The spout seal for combipacks consists of a bottom part (2) and a hinged lid (1) attached to it for opening and closing the seal. The bottom part (2) is fused onto a combipack with its level bottom side. It has a circular, upward-projecting over... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7036717 | Sealed beverage container A sealed package (1, 1′) for pourable food products, made from sheet packaging material and having a top wall (6) crossed by a transverse sealing band (15) forming flat projecting tab (21) folded coplanar with and onto the top wall (... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6971180 | Paint can channel perforating apparatus A paint can channel perforating apparatus includes a perforating member, a stiffening brace and a plurality of perforating bits. The perforating bits are arranged normal to the plane defined by the perforating member. A protective housing may be adapted to enclose t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6845902 | Flat gable composite packing provided with a resealable spout and procedure for its manufacture Proposed for a square flat gable composite packing are a resealable spout element (1) and the manufacture of a flat gable composite packing with such a spout element (1) that eliminate the disadvantage of known spout elements, namely that such packings... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6793087 | Sealing device Sealing device having an essentially flat opening area (14), an opening tab (18) formed in the opening area and an opening device (30) attached at a connection point (32) in the opening area. Moreover, through leverage action, the sealing... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6790508 | Multiple film sheet for containers with peel-off lids A sheet composed of multiple films for providing peel-off lids for containers comprising a first film set of films, with a film layer of aluminum, an external polythene film and an internal orientated plastic film; a second film set heat-sealed to the edge of a cont... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6739471 | Container with rotary closure A container, particularly in the form of a beverage can, which has a drinking opening preparation in its upper lid wall, and may be reclosed after being opened by a rotary lid closure. Means are provided for coupling the rotary lid closure to the lid wall when the l... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6536627 | Reclosable pourer spout for a container A pourer spout for a composite package of the carton brick type, arranged to be located level with the opening zone of the latter. The pourer spout comprises a base (2) fixed onto the container around the opening zone, and an articulated cover (4), able t... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6386385 | Methods and apparatus for removing tamper-proof seals from containers An apparatus removes a tamper-proof seal from a mouth of a container and retains the tamper-proof seal to prevent any of the seal from falling into the container. The apparatus includes a body having a top surface and a bottom surface. A sidewall circumsc... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6347720 | Beverage can resealable lid having rotatable cover member and biasing pull tab A resealable lid for beverage cans is provided. The can has a press-in tab for opening the pouring opening thereof via a press-in tip. A rotating lid is secured to the same pin or rivet as the press-in tab, and is rotatable over the pouring opening. When ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6305563 | One-piece dispensing structure and method and apparatus for making same A one-piece dispensing structure is molded by a process combining a co-injection molding first phase with a bi-injection molding second phase. In the first phase, a skin material and core material are co-injected into a mold cavity first region to form mo... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6223924 | Reclosable opening device for packages for pourable food products The reclosable opening device (1) has a frame (2) integratable with a package to be opened, a pouring opening (6) defined by the frame member, and a reclosable cap (4) releasable connected by screw threads (5) to the frame (2) for sealing the pouring open... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6216945 | Pouring element A pouring element for attachment to a package containing flowable material, and having a pouring opening covered with a perforated or otherwise weakened material. The pouring element of the present invention allows for the opening of the package without c... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5992668 | Sealed dispensing closure with a sealed penetrator A closure is provided for a container and includes a base and a lid. The base includes a body for mounting to the container, and the body defines a dispensing orifice. A tamper-evident seal extends across the dispensing orifice. The lid includes a periphe... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5871020 | Application for medicinal therapeutic pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparation An improved applicator for medicinal, therapeutic, pharmaceutical, and/or cosmetic preparations comprising an applicator head having a foam applicator head, a flexible tubular reservoir for storing the preparation, and a cap to seal off the applicator end... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5819923 | Apparatus for opening a container and for dispensing a substance in a liquid beverage An apparatus for opening a container and for dispensing a substance in a liquid beverage contained in a container includes a flat portion defining a wedge-shaped cut-out, side portions that extend downwardly from the flat portion, and an opening lever att... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5816427 | Insect-proof and tamper-evident cover for beverage container An insect-proof and tamper-evident cover is disclosed for a disposable, one-time use beverage container. A lid, non-rotatably secured to the upper end of the beverage container, includes an initially sealed lid opening, an arcuate groove housing a project... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5806699 | Closure vent arrangement and forming method therefor A venting closure for use with an associated container includes a closure cap having a circular top wall portion and a depending annular skirt portion. The closure is used with a pressurized container having a threaded neck portion defining a land surface... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5709311 | Method and apparatus for removing and storing a container seal A container cap having cutting elements and a recess for removing and storing a container seal. The cutting elements are positioned within the recess and a lid covers the recess. After removing the cap, the cap is inverted so that the cutting elements pie... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5692633 | Beverage container lid A container which has a top with two concentrically mounted lids, a first lid attached to and sealing the container and a second lid rotatably mounted to the first lid. The first lid has a weakened surface region formed by scoring, scribing or grooving. T... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5482177 | Closure on a cartridge A closure of a double cartridge for a dispensing appliance comprises piercing members for piercing a membrane provided on the outlet openings of the cartridge, the piercing members including two stoppers which are tapered at their front sides. With the cl... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5150802 | Puncture and seal cap apparatus A cap apparatus includes a cylindrical cap body hingedly mounting a lid thereto, wherein the lid includes a rigid lid arm projecting exteriorly of the lid, including an "L" shaped spring leg arranged to maintain the lid arm in an orthogonal orientation re... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5148937 | Cap with perforating spike for container with a protective membrane A cap is disclosed, for use on a container having a neck defining an opening sealed by a protective foil that has to be removed when the container is used for the very first time. The cap comprises a top sized to close the opening and a peripheral skirt t... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5101999 | Package closure and package preparation A closure for opening and resealing a package includes a base attachable to the top of the package over a scored area thereof, and a push tab device pivotally connected to the base at a rearward portion of the base such that a user may depress and end of ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5090582 | Bottle cap A bottle cap having a cutting means located inside the cap for selectively opening a sealed bottle is described. The cap can be rotated in either direction over the seal to cause the seal to be punctured and to cause a "C"-shaped cut in the seal. In the p... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5082136 | Container and cap construction Difficulties in removing a film-like seal (14) from the access opening (12) of a container (10) may be avoided in a container and cap construction including a container (10) whose access opening (12) has an edge (20) of circular shape and of a particular ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4988012 | Tamper evident dispensing closure A closure is provided for selectively closing an opening of a container, including a base element arranged to be affixed to a container adjacent an opening therein. In one embodiment, the closure is provided with tamper-evident film fixed to the base elem... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4982862 | Digitally openable, resealable container closure This invention relates to an improved can end construction for carbonated beverage cans having a score line defined opening panel therein for beverage dispensing and, more particularly, to can ends for such type cans wherein said panel is incorporated in ... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4892217 | Tamper evident dispensing closure A closure is provided for selectively closing an opening of a container, including a base element arranged to be affixed to a container adjacent an opening therein. In one embodiment, the closure is provided with tamper-evident film fixed to the base elem... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4865215 | Reclosable self-opening can end An easy-open beverage container which can be selectably reclosed and reopened, after the container initially is opened. The reclosure structure may be contained on an opening tab, or alternatively may be separate from the tab.... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4793504 | Closure with containment of telltale means A container closure providing tamper indication includes tines therein in engagement with a tamper-indicating assembly which is nested in the closure and retained therein by the tines up to the point of telltale activation on container opening. The closur... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793503 | Container closure with rupturable tamper disk A container closure includes a closure member defining container closing expanse, a tamper-indicating element in the closure interiorly of the closure member and tines movable with the closure member for both retaining the tamper-indicating element with t... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4709830 | Closure with top cut tamper evident feature for wide mouth container A tamper evident closure for a wide mouth container having a closed endcap with an overcap to coaxially rotate thereabout. The overcap is provided with an integrally formed vertically depending knife blade which is constructed and arranged to engage a wea... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4706835 | Closure with top cut tamper evident feature A closure for a container with a top cut tamper evident feature and including an overcap rotatably attached to a container end portion. The container end portion is provided with an integral, hollow raised annular rib having a first truncated end and a se... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4580682 | Self-contained indicator device The application discloses a test vial including a test article for immersion into a fluid medium, a sealed chamber which contains the fluid medium, and an open chamber which is external to the sealed chamber and which supports the test article. The sealed... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4501371 | Tamper indicating, non-resealable closure A non-reusable tamper indicating package comprising a container and a closure. The container has a body portion and a neck portion defining an opening and having an annular bead spaced from the end of the neck. The closure has a top wall and a peripheral ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4152378 | Container closure having automatic opening means A screw top closure for a container opening defining a helically threaded neck, and a rotatable screw top positioned to permit rotation by the screw top between outward and inward positions on the neck. A sealing partition is positioned across the opening... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4122970 | Tamper-proof container with attached end closure There is provided a closure member for containers in which the closure member includes a closure wall, an aperture in the wall for dispensing a commodity through the closure member from the container, and a pair of cooperating tabs, one of which is adapte... | 10/31/1978 |
